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ENGRAVED PORTRAITS OF WASHINGTON. 



EDITION LIMITED TO FIVE HUNDRED COPIES. 



THE ENGRAVED 



PORTRAITS OF WASHINGTON, 



NOTICES OF THE ORIGINALS AND BRIEF BIOGRAPHICAL 
SKETCHES OF THE PAINTERS. 



BY 



W. S. BAKER, 



Author of "The Antiquity of Engraving and The Utility and Pleasures of Prints ;' 

" William Sharp, Engraver, and his Works ;" and "American 

Engravers and their Works." 



PH.ILADELPHIA: 

LINDSAY & BAKER. 

1880. 



t. 3 i Z 



Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year iSSo, by 

W. S. BAKER, 

In the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington. 



COLLINS, PRINTER. 



PREFACE. 



The present work, although somewhat broader in its scope than 
others of a similar character, was compiled simply as a Text-book for 
the Washington collector. 

To an American no other portrait can possess the interest and sig- 
nificance which will be always attached to that of Washington; and if 
in contemplating it, we feel impressed with the nobility of his character, 
the dignity of his manhood, his truth and patriotism, what better page 
can we study and what better life can we imitate? 

The portraits of Washington are fortunately not restricted to a single 
example nor limited to the individual painter, and while extending 
over the greater portion of his life, cover more particularly the years 
devoted to his country. If it is true that " a portrait is a sort of gen- 
eral history of the person it represents," how complete must be that 
history when fully presented in a regular series, and brought through 
the medium of the graver to our quiet and careful consideration. 

Quite a number of collections of the engraved portraits of Wash- 
ington have been gathered and some of considerable importance, but 
as yet no system of arrangement has been attempted by which the 
prints, although always interesting in themselves, could be intelligently 
studied cither historically or artistically. 

With the view, therefore, of making such collections instructive, 



PREFACE. 



something more than merely interesting, the system has been adopted 
of classifying the prints according to the painters, and by furnishing a 
clironological series of, with but one or two exceptions, all the known 
originals, give at a glance a concise history of the subject. No other 
form can so thoroughly enable the student to comprehend the different 
types of portraits with the period of production, and allow him through 
his prints to follow the career of " our Washington," and while con- 
sidering the acts and results of his life, be, at the same time, forcibly 
reminded of the prominent events of the early history of the Republic, 
which although comparatively recent in date, we, in the rapid changes 
of the present, already look back upon with a feeling of antiquity, but 
not, we hope, in a spirit of forgetfulness. 

As indispensable to the proper understanding of the engraved por- 
traits, brief biographical sketches of the painters have been given, 
restricted as much as possible to the special subject under considera- 
tion, which will serve to draw attention to a few originals, not as yet 
reproduced by the burin, but completing the historical series. 

With the exception of the lithographic drawings by Rembrandt 
Peale, and the one copied from the original etching by Joseph Wright, 
noticed in consequence of the endorsement certifying to its correctness 
as a likeness, the catalogue is restricted to the record of the produc- 
tions oi plate engravers only, the large number of wood-cuts and litho- 
graphs precluding their admission even if desirable or customary, 
although many are close renderings of originals and moreover possess 
considerable artistic merit. 

In arranging the prints according to painters more or less difficulty 
was encountered, it being apparent in some cases that the engraver 



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had worked from no authentic original, the plate being produced either 
from irresponsible pictures and drawings or other engravings no better 
entitled to consideration. This necessarily required careful comparison 
and examination, and from the fact that a number of prints were not 
available for that purpose, some assignments may be open to objection ; 
it is hoped, however, that in this respect but few errors will be discovered. 

A chronological arrangement of the prints in each list would have 
been the most natural and satisfactory, but the impossibility of obtain- 
ing dates of publication of many, rendered this impracticable, and the 
alphabetical plan was adopted, which in the end renders the catalogue 
more convenient for reference and enables each engraver's productions, 
when after the same original, to follow in consecutive order. This has, 
however, been departed from whenever there existed original prints 
by any of the painters, as in the case of the plates by Charles Willson 
Peale, Joseph Wright, Edward Savage, and Saint Memin, and the 
drawings on stone by Rembrandt Peale above referred to, these form- 
ing for such lists the appropriate headings. 

All the prints enumerated in the catalogue have come under the 
immediate notice of the writer, with but two exceptions, one engraved 
by Norman after Charles Willson Peale, and the other by Hamlin, No. 
125, a copy of the mezzotinto by Savage, the first named being in the 
possession of C. W. Folsom, of Cambridge, Mass., and the latter in 
the collection of James E. Mauran, of Newport, R. L, to which gentle- 
men we are indebted for the respective descriptions. 

The book-plates have been ascribed to the work in which they were 
originally published, whenever such information was obtainable, and 
any omission in this respect it is hoped will be supplied by the inter- 
ested collector. 



PREFACE. 



The designations rare, very rare, and extremely rare, have been used 
with much caution, and the term unique entirely discarded. The rarity 
of a print is a matter somewhat difficult to determine, and at best the 
use of the terms above mentioned becomes to a greater or lesser extent 
arbitrary in character. In establishing a rule for their application we 
have been entirely governed by actual observation and the experience 
derived from the knowledge of impressions which occur in important 
collections, and not from the difficulty experienced in obtaining them 
at present from the folio of the dealer. 

The word unique, which may in some instances be properly applied 
to an impression from a particular state of the plate not intended to be 
published, cannot with close adherence to truth be used in referring to 
those taken for the regular edition, no matter how few in number, as 
it is scarcely probable, especially as to any Washington print, that all 
have disappeared save one only, and though the possessor is likely in 
his enthusiasm to declare to the contrary, others sooner or later will 
come to the surface. Those prints of which only one impression has 
as yet come under the notice of the writer have been marked accord- 
ingly, but the designation unique has been studiously avoided. 

A number of prints, from having no means of identification either 
by title, inscription, or names of engraver or publisher, were omitted, 
it seeming to be useless to record what could not be discovered either 
by index or otherwise, the list of anonymous being already much 
larger than was desirable. 

In all the descriptions, the right and the left, it will be understood 
refer to the right and the left of the observer, as the print is held 
directly before him. 



PREFACE. 



Apart from the compiler's own collection, the material for the cata- 
logue was obtained from those, formed by the following gentlemen : 
Thomas A. Emmet, M.D., Edward Dexter, Joseph A. Drexel, John B. 
Moreau, Charles C. Moreau, William A. Eraser, Henry T. Drowne, and 
William L. Andrews, of New York ; and R. Coulton Davis, Simon 
Gratz, Ferdinand J. Dreer, Frederick D. Stone, Henry Whelen, Jr., 
Howard Edwards, and Charles Henry Hart, of Philadelphia; to all of 
whom he is extremely indebted, for opportunities offered, courteous 
attention, and aid in examination. To the latter named gentleman, 
however, something more than mere thanks is due, and we take this 
opportunity of publicly recognizing our estimation, of his valuable 
assistance, and practical counsel, constantly given through the pro- 
gress of the work, the value of which only those familiar with the 
difficulties of such an undertaking can fully appreciate. 

Each one of the collections above mentioned, contains more or less 
matter which does not exist in the others, the most complete in a 
general way being that of Mr. Dexter, and the greatest rarities being 
comprised in Dr. Emmet's. 



W. S. BAKER. 



rHILADF.LrHIA, Nov. I, 1S79. 



CHARLES WILLSON PEALE. 

1772-95. 

The painter of the first authentic portrait of Washington, was born 
of English parents at Chestertown, on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, 
April 15, 1 74 1. At the age of twenty-one, having served his time 
with a saddler of Annapolis, he commenced for himself, combining 
with his trade several others, such as coach-making, and clock and 
watch-making, besides working as a silversmith, and finally tr^'ing his 
hand at portrait painting. In the latter pursuit he had some little 
advice, a handsome saddle being the consideration, from a Mr. Hesse- 
lius, an Englishman, who married and settled in Annapolis in the year 

1763- 
After a brief visit to Boston, where he was kindly received by J. 

Singleton Copley, then established as a portrait painter, and who gave 
him some instruction, Peale determined upon a voyage to London, and 
being assisted by several gentlemen of Annapolis, the loan to be repaid 
by pictures, sailed for England, arriving in London in the summer of 
1768. Benjamin West received him into his house, and he studied 
during 1768-69 in the Royal Academy under that painter's direction, 
at the same time turning his attention to painting in miniature, and 
engraving in mezzotinto. 

On his return in June, 1770, he set up his easel as a portrait painter 
at Annapolis and Baltimore, finding constant employment and gaining 
considerable reputation. The fame of the young painter reached Mount 



CHARLES WILLSON PEALE. 



Vernon, and he was invited there to dehneate for the first time, the 
form and features of the proprietor. 

This picture, painted in May, 1772, a three-quarter length, repre- 
sents Washington in the costume of a Colonel of the 22d Regiment of 
Virginia Militia; a blue coat faced with red, bright metal buttons hav- 
ing the number of the regiment cast upon them, and dark red waist- 
coat and breeches. He wears the hat usually called the Wolfe hat, 
with sash and gorget. This has been engraved by Steel, Paradise, 
Parker, Forrest, Rogers, and Buttrc. 

Peale remained at Mount Vernon several weeks, and painted por- 
traits in miniature of the different members of the family. He finally 
settled at Philadelphia. 

In the summer of 1776, having joined the army as a Captain of 
Volunteers, Peale painted a half-length portrait of the Commander-in- 
chief for John Hancock (engraved by Norman), and in December, 1777, 
completed a miniature for Mrs. Washington. It was begun at the 
close of October. While sitting for it at a farm house near Skippack 
Creek, Pennsylvania, the General (who occupied the side of a bed and 
the artist the only chair in the small room) received dispatches advising 
him of the capture of Burgoyne, which he merely glanced at, and then 
remained apparently unconcerned until the sitting was finished. An 
engraving by De Mare from this miniature, or from a copy made by 
Peale himself, is published in Irving's Life of Washington, without 
being ascribed to the painter, and with the erroneous title, "Washing- 
ton at the age of twenty-five." 

A sketch, inscribed " Pencel (i/V) sketch of General Washington from 
life taken by Chas. Willson Peale 1777," in possession of the "His- 



CHARLES WILLSON PEALE. 13 

torical Society of Pennsylvania," resembles somewhat this engraving. 
It is a bust in uniform, slightly executed, inclosed in a border resting 
upon a base, and seems to have been drawn for the purpose of being 
engraved. Including the border it is 5 4- 1 6 inches in height by 
4 12-16 inches in width. 

Congress having passed a resolution previous to the occupation of 
Philadelphia by the British army, ordering a portrait of the Commander- 
in-chief, Peale commenced it at Valley Forge in the spring of 1778. 
Soon after the first sitting, the troops left Valley Forge, and pursued 
the British in their flight from Philadelphia toward New York. The 
painter took his materials with him, participated in the battle of Mon- 
mouth at the close of June, and a day or two afterward, procured 
another sitting at New Brunswick. The picture was finally completed 
at Philadelphia; Nassau Hall, Princeton, is a prominent object in the 
background. 

Congress adjourned without making an appropriation, and the pic- 
ture remained with the artist until his decease, when it passed into 
private hands. A copy of it, signed and dated Philadelphia, 1 779, was 
afterwards sent to Europe for sale ; it became the property of the Count 
de Menou, who brought it to the United States and presented it to the 
National Institute. It is now in possession of the Smithsonian Insti- 
tution. The engraving by Wolff, a good rendering of the picture and 
accurate in detail, was most probably executed from this copy. Another 
copy, painted about the same time, intended as a present to the Stadt- 
holder, was captured in 17S0 with Henry Laurens on his passage to 
Holland, by Captain Keppel of the British Navy, who gave it to his 
uncle. Admiral Lord Keppel. It is now at Quidenham Park, Norfolk, 



14 CHARLES WILLS ON PEALE. 

England, the seat of the Earl of Albemarle, the present head of the 
Keppel family. 

Peale also painted in 1778 a miniature of Washington, for Lafay- 
ette ; of this he made several copies. 

In tlie winter of 1778-79, Washington being in Philadelphia for a 
short time, sat at the request of the Council of State (Pa.) to Peale, for 
a whole length, to be placed in the Council Chamber. From this he 
seems to have executed a plate in mezzotinto, as appears by the fol- 
lowing advertisement in " The Pennsylvania Packet, or the General 
Advertiser," published at Philadelphia Saturday, August 26, 1780. 
"The subscriber takes this method of informing the public that he has 
just finished a metzotinto print in poster size (14 inches by 10 inches 
besides the margin) of His Excellency General Washington, from the 
original picture belonging to the State of Pennsylvania. Shopkeepers, 
and persons going to the West Indies, may be supplied at such a price 
as will afford a considerable profit to them, by applying at the South- 
west corner of Lombard and Third Streets, Philadelphia. Charles Will- 
son Peale." 

This was repeated on September 9th, and with a slight variation on 
December 6th and 26th of the same year; in these the price, two dol- 
lars, being given. No impression of this print, notwithstanding the 
most diligent inquirj-, has come under the notice of the writer. This 
picture was afterwards (1781), defaced and totally destroyed, by some 
persons who broke into the Council Chamber, whether from malice or 
in a wanton spirit of destruction does not appear. 

In 17S0 Peale painted another whole length, under the following cir- 
cumstances: At the battle of Princeton, January 3, 1777, when Wash- 



CHARLES WILLSON PEALE. 15 

ington opened fire upon Nassau Hall (occupied by the enemy), the first 
cannon ball which entered the building passed through the head of a 
portrait of George II. suspended in a large frame upon the wall. It is 
alleged that Washington in order to make good to the College the 
damage sustained by the cannonade, made the Trustees a present from 
his private purse of two hundred and fifty dollars, which sum they 
expended in procuring a whole length portrait of the Commander-in- 
chief, placing it in the identical frame in which hung the king's portrait. 
In the background is seen Nassau Hall and a sketch of the battle of 
Princeton, and to the right the figure of General Mercer mortally 
wounded. There is no engraving of this picture, but it has been 
reproduced on wood, for illustration. (Lossing's Pictorial Field-book of 
the Revolution, vol. ii. p. 37.) 

In the year 1783 he painted a whole length for the State of Maryland ; 
in this he introduced portraits of Lafayette and Colonel Tilghman. 
The picture was in commemoration of the surrender at Yorktown, and 
represents the continental army passing in review. This has not been 
engraved. 

In the following year (1784), Peale painted to the order of the Gov- 
ernor of Virginia another whole length. This was intended to be used 
by the sculptor Houdon, in preparing his model for the statue ordered 
by the State; but arrangements were subsequently made, which enabled 
him to visit the country, and make an actual cast from the head, and 
measurements of the person of Washington himself Peale in his 
letter dated Philadelphia, October 30, 1784, advising the Governor of 
its completion, and his purpose of sending it by the first vessel going 
to France, says : " Besides the view of York and Gloster as mentioned 



1 6 CHARLES WILLSON PEALE. 

in a former letter, I have introduced on a near ground French and 
American officers with their colors displayed, and between them the 
British with their colors cased; these figures seem to tell the stoiy at 
first sight, which the more distant could not. P. S. The price of a 
coppy (i/V) of Genl. Washington in large whole length is thirty guineas, 
and the packing case three dollars." It is not known what became of 
this picture. 

In 1786 Peale painted a portrait of Washington, head-size, for his 
GallerJ^ This is the portrait referred to by his son Rembrandt in his 
lecture on " Washington and his Portraits," during the sittings for 
which he stood behind his father's chair. 

The mezzotinto plate first described in the appended list, was exe- 
cuted in 1787. It has no particular artistic merit, but possesses con- 
siderable interest as an original work, although, in character and draw- 
ing, different from other originals familiar to us. 

Peale painted fourteen portraits ot Washington from life, the last in 
the autumn of 1795. This is now in the Gallery of the "New York 
Historical Society." 

Charles Willson Peale died at Philadelphia February 22, 1827. 

Quite a number of the prints in the following list executed by foreign 
engravers, are extremely unsatisfactory, as renderings of any of the 
Washington portraits painted by Peale. The miniature executed for 
Lafayette in 1778, was possibly the first portrait known abroad, and 
seems to have been at once taken hold of and either copied or used 
as a groundwork, for the production of pictures calculated to please 
the popular taste. From these copies and pictures, engravings were 
made and repeated again and again, losing naturally in eveiy step, the 



CHARLES WILLSON PEALE. 17 

force and character of the original. This is proved by Lavater, who 
in his remarks upon the one pubHshed in the French edition of his 
Essay on Physiognomy, (afterwards copied by Holloway for the Eng- 
hsh edition and also by Zerlamsler,) says, "If Washington is the 
author of the revolution, we have seen him undertake and accomplish 
with so much success, it is positive that the designer must have lost 
some of the most striking features of the original." The outline by 
Haider in the same work, which resembles very closely the head in 
the print by Norman, seems to have, however, thoroughly satisfied 
the physiognomist, as he found in it all the characteristics which were 
wanting in the other. 

The engraving by Le Mire, full length, is from a made-up picture; 
tliis is copied with slight variations in those published in England 
by Carington Bowles, and Laurie & Whittle, while the head appears in 
those executed by Angus, Cook, and J. L., and the one published by 
Thom. Hart. The engraving by Sharp, copied by Pruneau, and re- 
peated as to the head, by Carey and Newton, and in the one published 
by Whitvvorth & Yates, was made from a print obtained in Paris, and 
altered to suit the fancy of the author of the work in which it appeared, 
each reproduction removing it further from the original print, and even 
that, may have been anything but a close rendering of Peale. 

The print by Valentine Green, declared to be from an original pic- 
ture, presents another type, which, in comparison with the whole 
length by Wolff, a close copy as regards the figure and accessories, of 
a known original, warrants the assertion that the picture from which 
it is said to have been made, was not by Peale. 

Tlic print by Norman, an early American engraver, published in 
3 



1 8 CHARLES WILLSON PEALE. 

1782, will be found copied as to the head, in the St. Aubin, the one 
published in the Universal Magazine, and possibly in that by Vinkeles. 
Dunlap in the appendix to his "Histoiy of the Arts of Design in 
the United States" mentions a whole length of Washington after C. W. 
Pealc, as having been engraved by Robert Scott, an Englishman, who 
came to America about the year 1/88, and settled in Philadelphia. 
No impression of this print, has come under the notice of the writer. 

I. PEALE. 

HIS EXCELL: G. WASHINGTON ESQ% Late Commander in 
Chief of The Armies of the United States of America. Bust in 
uniform, Head to right. Oval, with border in a rectangle. Ahzzotinto. 

Height 7 S-l5 inches; width 5 12-16 inches. 
Painted & Engrav'd by C. W. Peale 17S7. Very rare. 

There are three different states of this Plate : 

1. Proof before all letters. 

2. With the Title as above given, in the Border. 

3. With the Title "His Excel. G: Washington Esq. L.L.D. Late Commander 

in Chief of the Armies of the U. S. of America & President of the Conven- 
tion of 17S7," in the Border. 

2. ANDERSON. 

GENERAL WASHINGTON. Bust in uniform, Head to right. Oval, 
with narrow border, in the upper part of a rectangle. The title in a 
ribbon beneath the oval. 

Height 5 11-16 inches; width 3 6-16 inches. 

[The American Spelling Book. By Noah Webster, Jun', Esquire. 
14th Edition, N. Y. 1792.] 

Cut on type metal by Alexander Anderson at seventeen years of nge, when a stu- 
dent of medicine. Only one impres.--ion has come under the notice of the writer. 



CHARLES WILLSON PEALE. 19 



3. ANGUS. 

GEN. WASHINGTON. Full Bust in uniform, Head to left, the right 
hand gloved, thrust in the breast. Circle, with border, upon a pyra- 
midal Base, in a rectangle engraved to represent stone work. Line. 

Height 5 13-16 inches; width 3 10-16 inches. 

W" Angus sc. Published Sep' 23, 1785, by J. Fielding Pater 
Nosier Row. 

[History of the War with America, France, Spain and Holland, 
commencing in 1775, and ending in 17S3. By John Andrews, L.L.D. 
London, 1785.] 

4. BUTTRE. 

G. WASHINGTON. Three-quarter length, in the uniform of a Colonel 
in the Virginia Service. Mixed, 

Height 4 13- 16 inches; width 3 12-16 inches. 

Painted by A. Dickinson. Engraved by J. C. Buttre. 

[Recollections and Private Memoirs of Washington. By his adopted 
son George Washington Parke Custis. New York, i860.] 



5. CAREY. 

GEN"- WASHINGTON. Bust in uniform, with black neckerchief, Head 

to left. Vignette. Stipple. 

Height 2 4-16 inches; width 2 inches. 
Carey Sc. (Printed in tint.) 
Only one impression of this, has come under the notice of the writer. 

6. CHEVILLET. 

WASINGTON Generalissime des Etats Unis de l'Amerique. Full 
Bust in uniform, full face. Oval, with border in an ornarnented rect- 
angle. In the oval to the left a tree, the branches of which spread over 
and behind the head. The Title in a Tablet beneath the oval. Line. 



CHARLES WILLSON PEALE. 



Height 13 S-16 inches; width 10 inches. 

Dessiii^ par Bounieu d'apres un Tableau fourni par M. le Marquis de la 
Fayette. Grave par Chevillet. " Galdrie des hommes Illustres vivans." 

Rare. 

An impression of tliis Plate, with the Title " Washington Generalissime des Americains, 
Liberateur des Etats Unis, conteniporain et ami du General Lafayette," has come under 
the notice of the writer. 

7. COOK. 
GEORGE WASHINGTON. Bust in tuiiform, full face. Oval. Line. 

Height 3 12-16 inches; width 3 inches. 

T. Cook del et sculp. Publish' d as the act directs Au^ 21'' \iZi by S. 
Bladon. Rare in this State. 

Later impressions have the Title " Gen' Washington" and the address "Pulilished by 
D. Brewman Oct' 1" 1792." 

8. DE MARE. 

WASHINGTON at the Age of Twenty-Five. Bust in uniform. Head 

to right. Oval. Line. 

Height 2 13-16 inches; width 2 5-16 inches. 

J. De Mare. From a miniature on Ivory presented by Washington 
to his niece Harriet, and now belonging to her daughter's family. 
(Copy Right 1851.) 

[Life of George Washington. By Washington Irving. New York 
1856, '59-] 

This is an error in the lettering. The miniature referred to, and from which the en- 
graving was executed, was painted, according to a statement of Rembrandt Peale, in 
the year 1777, by his Father, Charles Willson I'eale. 

9. EDWIN. 

GENEIL^L GEORGE WASHINGTON Born Feb. 22. 1732 in West- 
moreland County Virginia, and Died Dec. 14. 1799 at Mount 
Vernon. Full Bust, Head to left. Stipple. 



CHARLES WILLSON PEALE. 21 

Height II 4-16 inches; width 9 inches. 
R. Peak Pinx. D. Edwin Sc. Rare. 

From the lettering of this Plate, it is usually considered to have been executed from 
the first portrait by Remlirandt Peale, painted at the age of seventeen. But this, we 
think, is an error, and if the engraving is a close rendering of its original, incline to 
the opinion that the lettering is incorrect, and that it is really after one of Charles Will- 
son Peale's later Portraits. 

10, EDWIN. 

GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON. Ftill Bust, Head to left. 

Stipple. 

Height 12 15-16 inches; width 10 2-16 inches. 

R. Peale Pinx'. D. Edwin Sculp'. Printed in Colours by H. Charles. 
Published by H. S. Tanner Philadelphia. 

The preceding print, with the addition of a border, which is included in the measure- 
ment. 

II. FORREST. 

G. WASHINGTON 1772 ^t. 40. Three quarter length, in the uniform 
of a Colonel in the Virginia Service. Vignette. Stipple. 

Height 5 4-16 inches; wiJlh 3 S-l6 inches. 

C. W. Peale. J. B. Forrest. Original in possession of G. W. P. Custis 
Esq. New York, G. P. Putnam &' Co. 
•% 

[Life of George Washington. By Washington Irving. New York 
i8s6, '59.] 

12. GREEN. 

GENERAL WASHINGTON. Full length in military costume, leaning 
upon a Field piece to the left, a riding switch in his right hand. The 
left in which is his hat, rests upon a horse fore-shortened at the right. 
In the extreme distance to left upon a hill, a large Building with cupola. 

Mezzotinto. 
Height 19 14-16 inches; width 14 inches. 



CHARLES WILLSON PEALE. 



Peel pinxit Philadelphia. Stothard delin' Londini. J. Brown Excudit. 
V. Green fecit mezzotinto Engraver to the king of Great Britain and the 
Elector Palatine. From an original Pictttre in the possession of Air. Brown, 
Publish' d by him April 22'' xi?,^, andsoldat No. lo George Yard Lombard 
Street London. Extremely rare. 

Different from any other full length executed by Peale, and although ascribed to him 
by the lettering of the print, and as having been painted at Philadelphia, its authenticity 
is extremely doubtful. 

13. HALDER. 

Bust in uniform, full face. Oval of a single line. (The etching of 
the print by St. Aubin No 31) 

tieight 4 S-l6 inches; width 4 inches. 

Haider Sculp. 

[Essai sur la Physiognomonie par Jean Gaspard Lavater. Irapriin^ 
a La Haye 17S1-86.] 



14. . 

LE GENERAL WASHINGTON Commendant En Chef Des Armees 
Americaines ne en Virginie en 1733. Bust in uniform, Head to right. 
Oval, with border in a rectangle, resting upon a Tablet, in which is a 
representation of the surrender at Yorktown, inscribed "lournee mem- 
orable du 19 Octobre 1781 a York en Virginie." Title within the bor- 
der. Line. 
Height 7 13-16 inches; width 5 8-16 inches. 

Grave d'apres le Tableau de N : Piehle peint d'apres nature a Phila- 
delphie en 17S3. Rare. 

[Essai sur la Physiognomonie par Jean Gaspard Lavater. Lnprimd a 
La Haye 17S1, '86.] 

15. HOLLOW AY. 

GEN-- WASHINGTON. Bust in uniform. Head to right. Oval, with 
border in a rectangle, beneath which is a representation of the surrender 
at Yorktown, inscribed "Event of the ig"" of Oct' 1781 at Yorktown 
in Virginia. " Line. 



CHARLES WILLSON PEALE. 23 



Height 7 Il-l5 inches; widlh 5 S-i5 inches. 

"The English artist has followed the lines of the print in the French 
original after a Picture by Piehle on account of the remarks of Mr. 
Lavater." T. HoUoway Direxit. Publish' d by T. Hoiloivay &" the 
other Proprietors, May 21, 1794. Rare. 

[Essays on Physiognomy. By John Caspar Lavater. Translated by 
Henry Hunter, D.D. London, 1789, '9S.] 

A copy of the preceding Print. 



1 5, 



Bust in uniform, Head to right. Oval, with three lines for a narrow bor- 
der, suspended by a Ring, above a Tablet containing a representation 
of the surrender at Yorktown. Outline. 

Height 4 10-16 inches; width 3 12-16 inches. 

Tom. 6 PL 339. Extremely Rare. 



17- 



GENERAL WASHINGTON. Bust in uniform. Head to right. Stipple. 
Height 3 4 16 inches; width 2 S-16 inches. 

[Essays on Physiognomy. By The Rev. John Caspar Lavater. Lon- 
don, 1797.] 

18. L. 

S. E. GEORGE WASHINGTON General en Chef des Armies des 
Etats Unis de l'Amerique. Full bust in uniform, full face, the right 
hand gloved, thrust in the breast. Oval, with border, resting upon a 
base in a rectangle. Line. 

Height 10 5-16 inches; width 7 inches. 

Le B. Pinx. J. L. Sculp. 



24 CHARLES WILLSON PEALE. 



19. LE BEAU. 

GEORGES WASHINGTON EQ" General en Chef de l'Armee 
Anglo- Ameriquaine nome Dictateur par le CoNGRte en Fevrier 
1777. Full Bust in uniform and Cocked Hat, Head to left, a drawn 
sword partly seen on the left. Oval, with border in a rectangle, rest- 
ing upon a Base, the Title in a Tablet upon the Base. Line. 

Height 6 4-16 inches; width 4 8-16 inches. 

Desrais del. Le Beau sculp. A Paris chez Esiiauts et Rapilly, rue 
S' Jacques a la ville dc Coutances. Rare. 

This appears to be a combination of the Teale, and the one known as the Campbell 
Portrait. 

20. LE BEAU. 

S. E. GEORGE WASHINGTON, General en Chef des Armees des 
Etats-Unis de l'Amerique. Full Bust in uniform. Head to right. 
Oval, with border upon a Base in an ornamental rectangle, at the top 
of the oval, the word "Libertas" in three lines, surrounded by rays; 
beneath the oval, war emblems. Line. 

Height 6 10-16 inches; width 4 8 16 inches. 

Le Beau sculp. A Paris chez Mondhare rue S' Jacques. 

Extremely rare. 

21. LE MIRE. 

LE GENERAL WASHINGTON, ne Quid Detrimenti Capiat Res 
PUBlica. Full length in uniform, standing to the left in front of a tent, 
in his right hand, a roll displaying sheets inscribed "Declaration of 
Independence," "Treaty of Alliance &c". His left hand gloved, is 
thrust into the breast. Beneath his feet are various torn documents, 
marked "Protection to Rebels," "Conciliatory Bills &c &c". In the 
rear a negro servant with a horse, and in the extreme right distance, on 
lower ground an encampment. Line. 

Hciglit 16 10-16 iiiclics; widtli 12 II 16 inches. 



CHARLES WILLSON PEALE. 25 

Peint par L. le Paon Peintre de Bataille de S. A. S. M. le Prince de 
Cond^. Grav^ par N. le Mire des Academies Imperiales et Royales et 
de celle des sciences et arts de Rouen (1780). Grav6 d'apres le Tableau 
original appartenant a Mr. Marquis de la Fayette. Cette Estampe ce 
vend avec Privilege du Roy a Paris chez le Mire Graveiir rue et porie 
S* Jacques Maison de M'" le Camus AP de Drap, prix 1 2 livres. 

Engraved from a fictitious picture, the head alone after Peale. Le Paon also painted 
a full length of Lafayette, which Le Mire engraved as a companion print to the Wash- 
ington. 



22. 



GENERAL WASHINGTON. Full figure in uniform, standing to the 
left, in front of a tent. Mezzotinto. 

Height 12 14-16 inches ; width 9 14-16 inches. 

Printed for and sold by Carington Bo7vles N" 69 in S' Paul's Church 
Yard London. Publislied as the act directs is, June 1785. 

Extremely rare. 

A copy of the preceding Print, omitting the tree in the rear of the Tent, and the Land- 
scape to the right. 



23. . 

GENER.\L WASHINGTON Late President of the United States 
OF America. Full figure in uniform, standing to the left, in an easy 
attitude in front of a Tent, in the right hand an open scroll, inscribed 
"Declaration of American Independence." The left hand gloved, is 
thrust into the breast. In the left foreground a camp stool, upon which 
is a field glass and cocked Hat, and in the right distance on lower 
ground, the view of an encampment. Mezzotinto. 

Height 13 5-16 mches; width 10 inches. 

Published 25^* May 1797 by Laurie &= Whittle 53 Elect Street London. 

Extremely rare. 

A copy of No. 21 with the variations noted. 

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26 CHARLES WILLSON PEALE. 



24. . 

GEORGE WASHINGTON ESQUIER, General et Comandeur en 
Chef d'Armee des XIII Provinces unies en Amerique. Half length 
in uniform, Head to left, the right hand thrust in the breast. Oval in 
a rectangle. Alezzotinio. 

Height 7 15-16 inches; width 6 4-16 inches. 
Se vend a Londres chez Thorn. Hart. Extremely rare. 

25. NEWTON. 

GEN"- WASHINGTON. Bust in uniform, with black neckerchief, Head 
to right. Vignette. Stipple, 

Height 2 4-16 inches; widlh 2 inches. 

Jas. Newton sculp. (Printed in Tint.) E.xtremely rare. 

26. NORMAN. 

HIS EXCELL^ GEORGE WASHINGTON ESQ« General and Com- 
mander IN CHIEF OF THE ALLIED ARMIES SUPPORTING THE INDEPEN- 
DENCE OF America. Bust in uniform, full face. Oval, with border in 
a rectangle, resting upon a small pedestal, inscribed Temperance, 
Prudence, Fortitude, Justice. Emblems of war on either side. 

Line. 

Height II 7-16 inches; width 9 3-16 inches. 

B. Blyth del. J. Norman sculp. Taken from an original Picture in 
possession of his Ex°^ Gov. Hancock. Published by John Coles, Boston 
March 26"' 1782. 

Only one impression of this, has come to the knowledge of the writer. It is the first 
engraved Portrait of Washington, executed by a professional engraver in America. The 
Mezzotinto by Peale, referred to in the text, as advertised for sale in 1780, although the 
first in point of time, must be considered in a different light, as Peale was not a profes- 
sional engraver, the few plates he produced, six in number, being after his own designs. 



CHARLES WILLSON PEALE. 27 



27. PARADISE. 

WASHINGTON Mi. 40. Three quarter length, in the uniform of a 
colonel in the Virginia Service. Landscape background. Line. 

Height 4 11-16 inches: width 3 13-16 inches. 

Engraved by J. W. Paradise From a Picture by J. W. Chapman after 
C. W. Peale. From the original Portrait in the possession of G. W. P. 
Custis Esq' Arlington House. 

[The writings of George Washington. By Jared Sparks, Boston, 
1S34.] 



28. PARKER. 

G. WASHINGTON 1772 ^Et. 40. Three quarter length, in the uniform 
of a colonel in the Virginia Service. Vignette. Stipple. 

Height 4 12-16 inches; width 3 12-16 inches. 

C. W. Peale. Geo. Parker. Original in possession of G. W. P. 
Custis Esq'. Arlington House. New York G. P. Putnam &• Co. 

[Life of George Washington. By Washington Irving. New York, 
1855. 8vo. Ed.] 



29. PRUNEAU. 

GEORGE WASHINGTON Commandant en chef des Armees des 
Etats-unis de l'Amerique. Bust in uniform, with black neckerchief. 
Head to right. Oval, with narrow border (in a rectangle) resting upon 
a Base, upon which is the Title. Over the oval, a rattle-snake and 
Liberty cap. Line. 

Height 6 2-16 inches; width 4 4-16 inches. 

N. Pruneau del. et sculp. A Paris chez Fauteur rue St. Jacques 
vis a vis le college du Plessis et chez Dennel graveur rue du P' Bourbon 
alten' la Foire S' Germain. Extremely rare. 

A copy in reverse of the print by William Sharp No. 35 the legend in the upper border 
"Don't Tread on me," omitted. 



28 CHARLES WJLLSON PEALE. 

30. ROGERS. 

G. WASHINGTON. Three quarter length, in the uniform of a colonel 
in the Virginia Service. Oval, with ornamental border. Landscape 
background. Line. 

Height 6 inches; width 5 inches. 

C. W. Peale. J. Rogers. Ne7v York Virtue Emmons &= Co. 

[The Life of George Washington. By Benson J. Lossing. New 
York, i860.] 

31. ST. AUBIN. 

GEORGE WASHINGTON Commandant en chef des Armees Ameri- 
CAiNEs, Ne en Virginie en 1733. ■'^"s' '" uniform, full face. Oval 
medallion, in a rectangle; beneath the oval, a Tablet in which is the 
Title. Line. 

Height 7 12-16 inches; width 5 10-16 inches. 

Se trouve a Paris, die:, Aug. De S' Aubin, Graveur du Eoi, et de sa 
Bibliothcque, aciuellemetit rue Therese Bute S' Roch et a la Bibliotheque 
du Roi et chez M'^ Cochin, aux Galleries du Louvre A. P. D. R. 

Rare. 



32. . 

WASHINGTON. Full Bust in uniform. Head to right. Outline. 

Height 3 616 inches; width 2 3-16 inches. 
N. Piehle pinx'. Landon direx'. " Hist. D'Amerique." 

33. SANDS. 

WASHINGTON. Full Bust in uniform. Head to left. Outline. 

Height 4 inches; width 2 9-16 inches. 

R. Sands sculp. Published by Vernor Hood dr' Sharpe Poultry Jan> 
I, 1811. 



CHARLES WILLSON PEALE. 29 



[The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings and Biographical 
Review. London, 1807-11.] 

A copy in reverse of the preceding print. 

34. SARTAIN, 

HIS EXCEL. G: WASHINGTON ESQ: L.L.D. Late Commander in 
Chief of the Armies of the U. S. of America & President of the 
Convention of 1787. Bust in uniform, Head to right. Oval, with 
border in a rectangle ; the Title in the Border. Mezzotinto. 

Height 6 inches; width 4 12-16 inches. 

Engraved by John Sartain from the original print in possession of 
W. A. Whiteman Esqr. engraved by C. W. Peale in 1787 from a paint- 
ing by himself. 

[Andreana. Horace W. Smith, Philadelphia, 1865.] 

A copy of the mezzotinto by Peale, No. I. Later impressions are without the Border 
or rectangle, both having been removed. They are without Title, the oval 4 3-16 inches 
in height by 3 6-16 inches in width. Some are printed in Tint. 



35. SHARP. 

GEORGE WASHINGTON Commander en Chief of y Armies of y 
United States of America. Bust in uniform, with black neckerchief, 
Head to left. Oval, with border in a rectangle, above a Tablet in which 
is the Title; over the oval, a rattle snake and Liberty cap, with the 
legend "Don't Tread on me." At the sides, olive and laurel branches. 
Flags &c. On the Flag to the right thirteen Stars. Line. 

Height 6 3-16 inches; width 4 7-16 inches. 

Engrav'd by W. Sharp from an original Picture. London Published 
according to act of Parliament Feb'' 2.2^ 1780. Rare in this State. 

[A Poetical Epistle to his Excellency George Washington Esquire, 
Commander in Chief of the Armies of the United States of America, 
From an Inhabitant of the State of Maryland, to which is annexed a 
short sketch of General Washington's Life and Character. Annapolis 
1779 London Re-printed 1780.] 



30 CHARLES WILLSON PEALE. 



Subsequently prefixed to " The Constitutions of the several Independent States of 
America &c, By the Rev. William Jackson London 17S3," the date in the address 
altered to 17S3, and with the addition, " by J. Stockdale Piccadilly." Although this is 
declared to have been engraved from an original Picture, certain allusions made to it at 
the time, which may be found in Doane's memoir of the author of the Epistle, the Rev. 
Charles Henry Wharton D.D. (Philadelphia 1834), would seem to indicate, that the 
picture was made up from a print, " front face Bust size," obtained from Paris, and that 
Benjamin West, who had been applied to for that purjiose, may have executed it for the 
purpose of the engraver. 



36. STEEL, 

WASHINGTON IN 1772 ^tatis 40. Three quarter length, in the uni- 
form of a Colonel in the Virginia Service. Line. 

Height 5 9-16 inches; width 4 5-16 inches. 

Painted by A. Dickinson. Engraved by J. W. Steel. " I certify 
that the painting of Washington in 1772, e.xecuted by Anson Dickinson 
Esq. from the original picture by Peale in my possession, is a faithful 
resemblance of the original, the only original of the Pater Patriae prior 
to the Revolution. Arlington House July 18, 1830. George W. P. 
Custis." Entered according to act of Congress 1833 by A. Dickinson &'c. 



37. TRENCHARD. 

GENERAL WASHINGTON. Bust in uniform, Head to right. Oval, 
with border in a rectangle, engraved to represent stone work. Beneath 
the oval, a Tablet and the Washington arms, with the motto, " Exitus 
Acta Probat. ' ' Line. 

Height 6 inches; width 3 10-16 inches. 

J. Trenchard Sc^'. 

[Columbian Magazine. Philadelphia January 17S7.] 

This appears to be a combination of the Peale and Pine Portraits, probably a make up 
of the engraver. 



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38. TRENCHARD. 

HIS EXCEL: G: WASHINGTON ESQ. Bust in uniform. Head to 
right. Oval, with narrow border, resting upon a Base in a rectangle. 
Title in the Base. A Laurel wreath and branches, at top of oval. 

Line. 
Height 6 4-16 inches; widlh 3 14-16 inches. 

[The American Spelling Book, In three parts. By Noah Webster 
Jun. Esq. 12th Edition. Philadelphia 17S9.] 

A copy of the niezzotinto by Peale No. i. Only one impression has come under the 
notice of the writer, it shows considerable wear of the Plate. 

39. VINKELES. 

G. WASHINGTON General Der Noord-Americaanen. Bust in uni- 
form, Head to left. Inclosed with a border, resembling a picture frame 
suspended over a Pedestal (in a rectangle), upon which lies a Hat, baton 
&c. A curtain hangs over and conceals the upper left corner of the 
Frame. Line. 

Height 5 10-16 inches; width 3 S-16 inches. 

Rein' Vinkeles sculp, naar een origineel Schildery by den Wei Ed. 
Heer P. Van Winter Nic: Z. 



40. WOLFF. 

WASHINGTON (GEORGES) President de la Republique des Etats- 
Unis d'Amerique du Nord X 1799. Full length in uniform, standing 
to the right, leaning by the left hand upon a Field piece. In the rear, 
an attendant with a horse and a flag partly shown, upon which, in a 
circle thirteen stars. In the left distance, a Building with cupola (Nas- 
sau Hall, Princeton), with some Troops in the middle ground. Mixed. 

Height 9 11-16 inches; width 5 6-16 inches. 

Tableau du temps. Gravo par Wolff. Dessin^ par Girardet. "Gal"' 
histi''^ de Versailles." (Paris 1838.) 

A close rendering of the picture commenced at Valley Forge referred to in the text, 
with the exception of the head, the character of which has not been preserved. 



32 CHARLES WJLLSON PEALE. 



41. ZERLAMSLER. 

WASHINGTON. Bust in uniform, Head to right. Title in border. 

Outline. 
Height 4 4-16 inches; width 2 lo-l6 inches. 

Zerlamsler sc. 
Only one impression of this, has come under the notice of the writer. 



42. . 

GEN"- WASHINGTON. Bust in uniform with black neckerchief, Head 
to right. Vignette. Stipple. 

Height 4 6-16 inches; width 3 10-16 inches. 

Published No' 1'' 1784 iy Whitworth &" Yates Bradford Street. 

Only one impression of this, has come under the notice of the writer. 



43- • 

GEORGE WASHINGTON Commander in chief of the American 
Army. Bust in uniform, full face. Oval, with border upon a Base, in 
a rectangle. Line. 

Height 5 11-16 inches; width 3 6-16 inches. 

Engraved for the Universal Magazine. Printed for J. Hinton at the 
Kinss Arms in Paternoster Row. 



44. . 

GENERAL WASHINGTON. Bust in uniform, Head slightly to left. 
Oval. Stipple. Rare. 

Height 3 12-16 inches; width 3 1-16 inches. 



45- ■ 

EL GENERAL WASHINGTON. Bust in uniform. Head slightly to 
right. Circle, with border the sides partly reduced, in a square. Line. 

Height 4 1116 inches; width 4 6-16 inches. 

Only one impression of this, has come under the notice of the writer. A Spanish 
engraving. 



ALEXANDER CAMPBELL. 

1775. 

Although the references on some of the prints in the appended Hst, 
claim the originals to have been "drawn from the Life by Alexander 
Campbell of Williamsburg in Virginia," yet in every sense they may 
be classed among the Fictitious Portraits. There is no record of any 
such painter or draughtsman, and Washington himself declared that 
he never saw Mr. Campbell. The presumption is that the portrait or 
portraits, for according to the prints there appear to have been two, 
one mounted, the other a three-quarter length (Nos. 46 and 49 in the 
list), and to which all bear more or less of a resemblance, were manu- 
factured at the beginning of the revolutionary war, for some enterpris- 
ing publisher either in London or on the Continent, for the express 
purpose of being engraved, in anticipation of a demand which it was 
felt must arise. Portraits of Gates, Putnam, Charles Lee, Sullivan, 
and other officers of the army, were published at the same time, 
forming sets, and apparently executed by the same engravers, with no 
better claim to authenticity. 

They have, however, not been placed among the Fictitious, as they 
seem to have a distinct type of themselves, and are well known to the 
curious collector, the date of publication 1775 on the two mentioned 
above, assigning them to this chronological order. As only four of 
these prints bear the name of the engraver, the alphabetical arrange- 
ment has, in this case, been in a measure dispensed with, those which 
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34 ALEXANDER CAMPBELL. 



seem to have the closest resemblance, being consecutive. Very- 
few of them possess much artistic merit; that published at Paris by 
" Esnauts at Rapilly," engraver unknown, being one of the best. 



46. 



GEORGE WASHINGTON ESQ" General and Commander in chief 
OF THE Continental Army in America. Full figure in uniform and 
cocked Hat, on horseback, advancing to the right. A drawn sword in 
the right hand, is held across the body. A Battle in the right distance. 

Mezzotinto. 
Height 12 S-16 inches; width 9 14-16 inches. 

Done from an original Drawn from the Life by Alex' Campbell of 
Williamsburgh in Virginia. Published as the act directs 9 Sepf iTTS ^y 
C. Shepherd. Very rare. 

This is the print, an impression of which Joseph Reed presented to Mrs. Washington, 
and referred to by Washington, in his letter to Reed, dated Cambridge 3P« Jany. 1776. 
" Mrs. Washington desires 1 will thank you for the picture sent her. Mr. Campbell, 
whom I never saw to my knowledge, has made a very formidable figure of the Com- 
mander-in-chief, giving him a sufficient portion of terror in his countenance." 

47. NILSON. 

GEORGE WASHINGTON ESQ" General and Commander in chief 
OF THE Continental Army in America. Full figure in uniform and 
cocked Hat, on horseback advancing to the right, a drawn sword in 
right hand. In the back ground, on the horizon, the upper portions of 
a large fortification extend across the print. Inclosed by a narrow 
square border. Line. 

Height 7 inches; width 5 10-16 inches. 

Nach dem Leben gezeichnet von Alexander Champbele von Williams- 
burg in Virginien. Nilsonfec. et excud A.V. Extremely rare. 

The same figure as in the preceding print. The horse however is entirely different, 
having a short tail, trappings the same. 



ALEXANDER CAMPBELL. 35 



48. . 

GEORGE WASHINGTON ESQ" Americanischer Generalissimus. 

Three quarter length, in uniform and cocked Hat, with a drawn sword 

in right hand. Oval, with border only partly showing at the sides. 

Etched. Rare. 

Height 6 4-16 inches; width 3 10-16 inches. 



49. • 

GEORGE WASHINGTON ESQ" General and Commander in chief 
OF THE Continental Army in America. Three quarter length in 
uniform and cocked Hat, pointing to a Battle in left distance, the left 
hand on his hip. The head is turned to the right, the body to the left. 

Mezzotinio. 

Height 12 13-16 inches; width g 5-16 inches. 

Done from an original Drawn from the Life of Alex' Campbell of 
Williamsburg in Virginia. Published as the act directs c) Sept. 1775 by 
C. Shepherd London. Rare. 

A later state of the Tlate, in which there are some slight variations bears the address 
" loh Martin Will excud. Aug, Vind." 



50. ■ 

GEORGE WASHINGTON Equier General et Comendeur en chef 

d'Armee de XIII Provinces unis en Amerique. Full Bust, in uniform 

and cocked Hat, head three quarters to right. Oval, in a rectangle. 

Afezzotinto. 
Height 8 inches; width 6 2-16 inches. 

peint par Alexander Campbell a Williamsburg en Virginie. Se vend 
a Londres chez Thorn. Hart. Very rare. 



51. . 

GEORG WASHINGTON ESQ". Commandirender General en chef 
der Provinzial-Armee in Ngrd Amerika. Nearly half-length, in 
uniform and cocked Hat, head three quarters to right, body slightly to 
left. Oval, with border in a rectangle resting upon a Base, in which is 
the Title. Liiie. Rare. 

Height 6 inches: width 3 8-16 inches. 



36 ALEXANDER CAMPBELL. 



52. 

WASHINGTON General dans l'Arm^ie des Americains. Three quar- 
ter length, in uniform and cocked Hat, pointing to a Battle in the right 
distance, the right hand upon the hip. Body to right. Head three quar- 
ter to left. Etched. Very rare. 

Height 6 8-16 inches; width 5 2-16 inches. 

A copy in reverse with some variations in the Landscape and clouds of No. 49. 

53. FRITZSCH. 

GEORG WASHINGTON ESQ" Commandirender General en chef 
DER Provinzialarmee in Nokdamerika. Full Bust, in uniform and 
cocked Hat, body to left, head three quarters to right. Oval, with 
border resting upon a Base. The Title on a Tablet, in the Base. 

Line. 
Height 6 inches; width 38-16 inches. 

T. C. G. Fritzsch so. Extremely rare. 



54- • 

GEN«- GEORGE WASHINGTON. Full Bust in uniform, Head to right. 
Oval, with square border upon a Base, in a rectangle engraved to repre- 
sent stone work. A wreath tied by a ribbon, extends from the top of 
the border, down each side. Line. 

Height 5 9-16 inches; width 3 7- 16 inches. 

[The History of America from the first Discovery by Columbus to the 
conclusion of the late war. By William Russel, LL.D. London, 1779.] 



55. LIEBE. 

GEN'- GEORGE WASHINGTON. Full Bust in uniform, Head to left. 

Line. 
Height 5 12-16 inches; width 3 8-16 inches. 

Liebe Sc. {The Reverse of the preceding print.) Rare. 



ALEXANDER CAMPBELL. 37 



56. . 

GENER.\L WASHINGTON. Bust, in uniform and cocked Hat, head 
three quarters to left. Oval, with border engraved to represent stone 
work. Line. 

Height 4 4-16 inches; witllh 3 5-l5 inches. 

Engraved for Murray's History of the American War. Printed for 
T. Robso?i Newcastle upon Tyne. (London 1782.) 

57. RUGENDAS. 

GEORGE WASHINGTON ESQ" General and Commander in chef 
OF THE Continental Army in America. Three quarter length, in 
uniform and cocked Hat, a drawn sword in the right hand, the arm 
across the body. Head slightly to left, Body to right. On the left, 
the muzzle of a large cannon (discharging), and to the right some ship- 
ping. Mezzotinto. 
Height II 13-16 inches; width S 14-16 inches. 

Joh. Lorenz Rugendas sculpsit et e.xcud. Aug. Vind. Very rare. 

Another State of the Plate, with the Title in different letters, has the word " Chief," 
instead of " Chef." 

58. . 



GEORGE WASHINGTON EQ=« GJinMal en Chef de l'Armee Anglo- 
Ameriquaine, nomme Dictateur par le CongrJis en Fevrier 1777. 
Full Bust, in uniform and cocked Hat, a drawn sword partly visible on 
the left. Oval, with border in a rectangle, ornamented with war Em- 
blems &c. Line. 
Height 6 4-16 inches; width 4 8-16 inches, 

A Paris chez Esnauts et Rapilly, rue S^ Jacques a la Ville de Cou- 
tances, A.P.D.R. Rare. 



59- ■ 

GEORGE WASHINGTON EQ'^" General en chef de l'Armee Englo 
Ameriquaine nomme dictateur par le Congres En Fevrier 1777. 
GEORGE WASHINGTON EQ"^'* General and Commander en chief 



38 ALEXANDER CAMPBELL. 

OF THE Continental Army in America. Half length, in uniform and 
cocked Hat, head to left. A drawn sword in the right hand, is held 
across the body. The Titles in a Tablet, in the lower border. Line. 

Height II 12-16 inche";; widlli 7 5-16 inches. 

d'apres I'original de Champell Peintre de Williamsbourg capitale de 
la Virginie. Extremely rare. 

60. . 



GEORG WASHINGTON ESQ". Half length, in uniform and cocked 
Hat, body to right, head to left. - Oval, with border resting upon a 
base in a rectangle. Title on the Base. Etched. Rare. 

Height 4 8-16 inches; width 2 13-16 inches. 



61. 



GEORG" WASHINGTON General und Comandeur en chef bey der 
Provincial-armJie in America. Three quarter length, in uniform and 
cocked Hat, head three quarters to right, body slightly to left. The 
right hand is extended, and the left upon the hip. In the left distance, 
a Battle. Etched. Rare. 

Height 5 lo-l5 inches; width 3 5-16 inches. 



62. 



GENER.\L WASHINGTON. Full figure, in uniform and cocked Hat, 
on horseback, advancing to the right. A drawn sword in right hand, 
head turned to the left. The horse is rearing. In the landscape, a 
stream of water to the right. Line. 

Height 5 12-16 inches; widtli 4 inches. 

Very rare. 



PIERRE EUGENE DU SIMITIERE. 

1779. 

Portrait painter and designer, was born at Geneva in the first 
quarter of the eighteenth century, and after spending about ten years 
in the West Indies, travelHng from island to island, practicing his art 
and collecting shells and botanical specimens, finally settled in Phila- 
delphia in the early part of 1766. 

Du Simitiere was a man of considerable ingenuity, an active mem- 
ber and one of the officers of the " American Philosophical Society," 
and formed a Cabinet of Natural History, the "American Museum," 
which the Marquis de Chastcllux visited when in Philadelphia, De- 
cember, 17S0, and speaks of as being greatly celebrated, and un- 
rivalled in America. He also made a large collection of cotemporary 
historical matter, which is now in the possession of the Philadelphia 
Library Company. Pierre Eugene Du Simitiere died at Philadelphia, 
October, 1784. 

The earliest dated print in the appended list, published at Madrid in 
1 781, is inscribed as having been executed from an original drawn 
from life at Philadelphia, and the same statement is made on the one 
by Prevost, and on each of the set of thirteen profile portraits includ- 
ing a Washington, engraved by Reading and published at London in 
1783. Beyond this, there appears to be no evidence that Washing- 
ton sat to Du Simitiere for this portrait, the first profile of him of 
which we have any knowledge, but the presumption is altogether in 

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40 PIERRE EUGENE DU SIMITIERE. 

favor of the fact. The artist's recognised position in the community, 
would certainly obtain for him such a privilege, and it seems scarcely 
probable that a student of history and lover of nature, such as we 
know Du Simitiere to have been, would think for a moment of manu- 
facturing likenesses of the distinguished men of the day, and let them 
go out as if from life. 

The year 1779 is given as the probable chronology, Washington 
having passed the greater part of the winter of 1778-79 in Philadelphia. 

The profile by Du Simitiere which is known to us only through the 
art of engraving, represents Washington in a military coat, with his hair 
carefully dressed and tied by a ribbon into a queue, and there is reason 
to suppose that it and the others included in the set above mentioned, 
were merely water color drawings neatly executed for the purpose of 
the engraver, and then, perhaps, laid aside and forgotten. While it 
may not strictly be termed an ordinary head, yet it reveals no particu- 
lar force or ability, and represents rather a well-bred, courteous gentle- 
man, neat in person, and mindful of all the amenities of life, an officer 
probably, but not a commander. 

With the exception of the one by Ruotte, in which a little more 
firmness and decision is given to the head, nearly all the prints in the 
list, that by Brandi being most probably the prototype, bear a close 
resemblance to each other, and are well engraved. 

63. ADAM. 

WASHINGTON. Bust in uniform. Head in profile to left. Circular 
medallion, suspended by a ring, over a Base in a rectangle. Line. 

Height 5 2-16 inches; width 3 S-16 inches. 



PIERRE EUGEJSIE DU SIMITIERE. 41 



Dessin6 d'aprfes Nature par Du Simitier a Philadelphie. Gravfe par 
Adam. 

[Complot D' Arnold et De Sir Henry Clinton Centre Les Etats-Unis 
D'Amerique et contre Le Gdneral Washington, Septembre 1780. Paris 
1S16.] 

64. BRANDI. 

EL GENERAL WASHINGTON. Bust in uniform, in profile to left. 
Circular medallion, suspended by a ring, and resting upon a Base in a 
rectangle. The Title upon the Base. 

Height 4 14-16 inches; width 3 6-16 inches. 

Sacado del natural por W Du Simitier en Filadelfia. Grabado por 
Mariano Brandi en Madrid 3.1 781. 

Only one impression of this, has come under the notice of the writer. 

65. E. 

HIS EXCELLENCY GENERAL WASHINGTON Commander in Chief 
OF THE United States of North America &c. Full Bust in uniform. 
Head in profile to right. Oval, in a rectangle. Line. 

Height 4 S-16 inches; width 3 10-16 inches. 

B. B. E. Pub'' May 15'* 1783 by R. Wilkinson iV" 58 Cornhill Lon- 
(ion. Rare in early state. 

[Heads of Illustrious Americans and others, number i. Containing 
Portraits of General Washington, Henry Laurens Esq. John Jay Esq. 
S. Huntingdon Esq. Charles Thompson Esq. J. Dickinson Esq. Silas 
Deane Esq. General Read, Governeer Morris Esq. Maj. Gen. Baron 
Steuben, W. H. Drayton Esq. Maj. Gen. Gates.] 

66. KUFFNER. 

G. WASHINGTON. Bust in uniform. Head in profile to left. Oval. 

StiJ>J>le. 
Height 3 2-i6 inches; width 2 io-l6 inches. 

A. W. Kuffner so. 1793. Rare. 

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42 PIERRE EUGENE DU SIMITIERE. 



67. PREVOST. 

G. WASHINGTON. Bust in uniform, Head in profile to left. Circular 
medallion, suspended by a ring, over a Base in a rectangle. Line. 

Height 4 15-16 inches; width 3 7-16 inches. 

Drawn from the life by Du Simetiere in Philadelphia. Engraved by 
B. L. Prevost at Paria. 

68. READING. 

GENERAL WASHINGTON. Bust in uniform, Head in profile to right. 
Oval. Stipple. 

Height 2 14-16 inches; width 2 7-16 inches. 

B. Reading sculpt. Drawn from the Life by Du Simetiere in Phila- 
delphia. Published May lo'-^ 17S3 by IV'" Richardson JV" 174 Strand. 
(Also printed in Tint.) 

[Thirteen Portraits of American Legislators, Patriots and Soldiers, 
who distinguished themselves in rendering their country independent, 
viz. General Washington, General Baron De Steuben, Silas Deane, Gen- 
eral Reed, Governor Morris, General Gates, John Jay, W. H. Drayton, 
Henry Laurens, Charles Thompson, S. Huntingdon, J. Dickenson, 
General Arnold. Drawn from the Life By Du Simitiere, Painter and 
member of the Philosophical Society in Philadelphia. London n. d.] 



69. RUOTTE. 

G. WASHINGTON ne en Virginie Ann£e 1733 Commendant en chef 
DEs Armees et President du CoNGRis d'Amerique. Full Bust in 
uniform, Head in profile to left. Oval. Stipple. 

Height 4 2-16 inches; width 3 S-16 inches, 

F. Bonneville deli. Ruotte sculp. Paris Rue S' Jacques N' 195. 



70. . 

GEN-- WASHINGTON. Bust in uniform, Head in profile to left. Oval, 
with border upon a Base, in a rectangle. Line. 



PIERRE EUGENE DU SIMITIERE. 43 



Height 5 916 inches; width 3 8-16 inches. 

Publish! d JanP/ 31, 17S4 by John Walker from an original Painting. 

Rare. 



71. . 

WASHINGTON. Full Bust in uniform, Head in profile to right. Vig- 
nette. Line. 

Height 2 inches. 



72, . 

GEORG WASHINGTON. Bust in uniform, profile to right. Circular 
medallion, upon a Base in a rectangle. The Title upon the Base. 

Etched. 
Height 4 8- 16 inches; width 3 inches. 



WILLIAM DUNLAP. 

1783- 

Painter and author, was born at Perth Amboy, February 19, 1766. 
The family removed to New York in the spring of 1777, and without 
much previous instruction other than that derived from copying prints, 
and the observation of the few pictures accessible to him at the time, 
he commenced drawing portraits in crayon, when about sixteen years 
of age. 

In the autumn of 1783, while visiting Mr. John Van Home, who 
resided within a short distance of Washington's head-quarters at 
Rocky Hill, near Princeton, New Jersey, he drew the portraits of his 
host and hostess. These having been seen by the General, who fre- 
quently called at the house, and receiving his approbation, Mr. Van 
Home requested him to sit to the young artist, to which he complied. 
Dunlap in his autobiography refers to it in the following manner: 
"This was a triumphant moment for a boy of seventeen; and it must 
be remembered that Washington had not then been 'hackneyed to 
the touches of painter's pencil;' I say a triumphant moment, but it 
was one of anxiety, fear, and trembling." He visited head-quarters 
frequently, also drawing the portrait of Mrs. Washington, and after 
taking copies for himself, presented the originals to Mr. and Mrs. Van 
Home. 

In the following year, Dunlap went to London to study painting 
under Benjamin West, remaining four years, and after his return, led a 
varied career, alternating through a long life between business, the 
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WILLTAM DUNLAP. 45 

studio, the stage, and literature. He wrote several plays (and appeared 
once upon the stage himself), a life of Brockden Brown, one of Cooke, 
a history of New Netherlands, and one of the American Theatre. He 
executed several large pictures, painted many portraits, travelling con- 
stantly for the purpose, and took an active part in establishing the 
"National Academy of Design," New York. 

In old age, and under reduced circumstances, he compiled the 
" History of the rise and progress of the Arts of Design in the United 
States," which was published in 1834. William Dunlap died in New 
York, September 28, 1839. 

We have but one engraving after this drawing, which, if not a fine 
example of mezzotinto, may be a good rendering of the original. 

73. ROBIN. 

GEORGE WASHINGTON. Full Bust in uniform, Head three quarters 
to right. Mezzotinto. 

Height 3 12-16 inches; width 2 6-l6 inches. 

From the original picture in Pastel Painted from life by William Dun- 
lap, and now (1868) in the possession of Dr. Samuel C. Ellis New York. 
Elias Dexter 564 Broadway New York. 



JOSEPH WRIGHT. 

1783-1790. 

Son of Joseph Wright and Patience Lovell, was born at Borden- 
town, New Jersey, July 16, 1756. After the death of his father, 
his mother went with her family of three children to London, where, 
becoming famous for modelling in wax, she was enabled to give her 
son a good education. Turning his attention to portrait painting, he 
received advice and instruction from Benjamin West and John Hopp- 
ner, who married his sister, and previous to leaving England, had 
painted the portrait of the Prince of Wales, afterwards George the 
Fourth. 

In the early part of 17S2, being placed under the protection of Ben- 
jamin Franklin, he went to Paris for the purpose of prosecuting his 
studies in the art. He, however, remained but a short time, and being 
provided with letters from Franklin to General Washington, set sail in 
October of that year for the United States, which he reached after a 
perilous voyage of ten weeks, landing at Boston. 

In the autumn of the following year, 1783, he painted the portrait 
of Washington, at his head-quarters. Rocky Hill, near Princeton, N. J., 
for which he had several sittings. A portrait of Washington, in pos- 
session of Mrs. Annie Hopkinson Foggo, of Philadelphia, a great- 
grand-daughter of Francis Hopkinson, is by Wright. It is a full bust, 
in Continental uniform, full face, the body turned to the left, the hair 
short and undressed. The pose is awkward, and while having no 
pretensions to artistic merit, conveys the impression of at least an ear- 
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JOSEPH WRIGHT. 47 



nest attempt on the part of the painter to reproduce that which was 
before him. It is in good preservation, painted on a mahogany panel 
14 by II inches. This picture was owned by Francis Hopkinson, and 
has never been out of the family, and there is reason to suppose that 
it may be the one painted at Rocky Hill above mentioned. The print 
by O'Neill, No. 93, bears a slight resemblance to it. 

In the winter of 1783-4, Wright, then in Philadelphia, painted an- 
other portrait of Washington, which, it appears by the following letter 
to him from the General, was intended as a present to Count de Solms. 
" Mt. Vernon, loth Jan. 1784. Sir : When you have finished my por- 
trait which is intended for the Count de Solms, I will thank you for 
handing it to Mr. Robert Morris, who will forward it to the Count de 
Bruhl (Minister from his Electoral Highness of Saxe at the Court of 
London), as the channel pointed out for the conveyance of it. As 
the Count de Solms proposes to honour it with a place in his collection 
of military characters, I am persuaded you will not be deficient in 
point of execution. Be so good as to forward the cost of it to me, 
and I will remit the money. Let it (after Mr. Morris has seen it) be 
carefully packed to prevent injury." 

An authentic portrait by Wright, which was painted in Philadelphia 
for Mrs. Elizabeth Powel of that city, is now in the possession of her 
great-nephew, Mr. Samuel Powel, of Newport, R. I. It is a half- 
length, in uniform, life size, the right hand resting upon a sword, full 
face, the body turned to the right; signed and dated "J.Wright, 
1784." Tuckerman, in referring to it in his work on "The Character 
and Portraits of Washington," says : " Perhaps no portrait of Wash- 
ington bears such convincing marks of genuine individuality, without 
a particle of artistic flattery." This picture has not been engraved. 



JOSEPH WRIGHT. 



After Washington was inaugurated President, Wright was desirous 
of procuring another sitting, which was refused in consequence of the 
exacting cares and duties of the office. The artist, however, was 
determined on his purpose, and the President being a regular attendant 
at St. Paul's Chapel, Broadway, New York, where a canopied pew had 
been prepared for his reception, Wright obtained permission of the 
occupant of the one immediately opposite, to use that position for a 
Sunday morning or two to take a deliberate miniature profile likeness 
of him in crayon, as he sat entirely unconscious of the act. This he 
afterwards etched himself, with considerable taste and excellence of 
execution, and published it printed on a card. It is a profile bust in 
uniform, with the hair dressed and tied by a ribbon into a queue, and 
is well drawn ; there is a quiet dignity about the head which is quite 
impressive, and it is altogether, an exceedingly interesting production. 
It seems to have been an accepted likeness, judging from the number 
of contemporary copies of it, and the certificate to that effect on the 
impression owned by Elkanah Watson, referred to below. This is the 
first print mentioned in the appended List. 

Wright took a plaster cast of Washington's features at Mount Ver- 
non in 1784, from which he seems to have modelled a bust, and from 
this, perhaps, those of his mother's in wax, which are well known, 
may have been taken. A wax bas-relief portrait of Washington in 
the possession of Benjamin R. Smith, of Philadelphia, executed by 
Wright for Thomas Richardson, of Newport, and which bears his 
name, in which the head is laureated, is quite striking and characteristic. 

Upon the establishment of the Mint at Philadelphia, Wright was 
appointed draughtsman and die-sinker thereto, and it is probable that 
the first coins and medals executed in this country were his handiwork. 



JOSEPH WRIGHT. 49 

The Washington medal known as the " Manly Medal," published at 
Philadelphia in 1 790, is supposed to be by him. Wright died shortly 
after his appointment, being carried off by the yellow fever of the year 

1793- 

Besides the original etching, and the copies of it more or less close, 
there will be found in the appended list two other and different types 
of portraits, both in uniform, one in full profile as engraved by Hollo- 
way, Murray, and Roosing, and the other in which the bust is in 
three-quarters, and the face in profile, engraved by Evans, Scoles, and 
others. We are unable to say from what pictures these were taken. 
The print by Evans, however, ascribes it to be after a drawing by 
Wright, while that by Holloway gives no artist's name ; but if not 
directly after anything executed by Wright, was certainly imitated 
from him, and possesses enough of the characteristics of the Evans to 
entitle it and those resembling it to be classed therewith. 

The print by Dawe presents an entirely different portrait, which it 
is extremely doubtful was ever painted by Wright. The figure is 
large and quite gross, the features coarse, and the whole appearance 
anything but pleasant. Its rarity is its only recommendation. 

74. WRIGHT. 

G. WASHINGTON. Bust in uniform, in profile to right. The Title, in 
a ribbon beneath the Bust. Oval. Etched. 

Height 2 9 16 inches; width I 15-16 inches. 

J. Wright Pinx' & F'. 

This is the original etching, executed by Joseph Wright, from a drawing, made in 
Trinity Chapel N. Y. in 1790. It was printed on a small card, and has become ex- 
tremely rare, three impressions only, having come to the knowledge of the writer. 

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so JOSEPH WRIGHT. 



75. CHAPMAN. 

GEORGE WASHINGTON President of the United States of 
America. Bust in uniform, in profile to right. Oval, with narrow 
border. Stipple. 

Height 2 1416 inches; width 23-16 inches. 

Engraved from an original Drawing taken in New York in 1791. 
J. Chapman sculpsit. Extremely rare. 

A close copy of the Etching by Wright. The date is an error. 

75. COLLYER. 

G. WASHINGTON. Bust in uniform, in profile to right. The Title, in 
ribbon beneath the Bust, Oval. Stipple. 

Height 2 9-16 inches; width I 14-16 inches. 

Painted by J. Wright. Engraved by J. CoUyer. Extremely rare. 

A close copy of the Etching by Wright. 



77. . 

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. Bust in uniform, in 
profile to right. Oval. Etched. 

Height 2 5-16 inches; width I 13-16 inches, 

"Massa. Mag." (March No. 1791) Rare. 

A copy of the Etching by Wright. 

78. . 



GEORGE WASHINGTON, Died 14^" Dec. 1799 aged 68. Bust in 
uniform, in profile to left. Oval, with narrow border upon a Base, 
engraved to represent stone work. At the top, partly within the border, 
a laurel wreath, which tied by a Ribbon extends down either side. 
The bottom and sides of the oval, surrounded by war Emblems. Title 
upon the Base. Stipple. 

Height 4 8-16 inches; width 3 8-16 inches. 



JOSEPH WRIGHT. 51 



A close copy of the Etching by Wright. Only one impression has come under the 
notice of the writer. 



79. • 

Bust in uniform, in profile to right. Oval. Liihograph. 

Height 2 14-16 inches; width 2 2-16 inches. 

On the back of this print in eighteen irregular lines, is the following 
autograph fac-simile. "The Godlike Washington died 14"' Dec"^ 1799 
All America in tears. The within is the best likeness I have seen. The 
hair is of his own head, this will increase its value with time. It is my 
earnest request this may be preserved to succeeding Generations. The 
hair was presented to me by Maj' Billings Con. Army. E. Watson. Cer- 
tificate. This may certify that the within hair was Enclosed by Gen' 
Washington in a Letter to me dated Newburgh Jime 'Zt,, as his own 
hair. Jany 1. 1800 And' Billings." 

This drawing is a close copy of the Etching by Wright, and it is probable that the 
above inscription and Certificate, may have been written on the back of the impression, 
from which it was made. 

80. DAWE. 

GENERAL WASHINGTON Late President of the American Con- 
gress. Three quarter length, in uniform, Head nearly in profile, the 
body three quarters to left. The right hand rests upon a sword hilt, 
held from the body and perpendicular therewith, a chapeau in the left. 
In the distance to the left, a Battle. 

Height 19 inches; width 13 lo-l6 inches. 

Painted by R. Wright of Philadelphia. P. Dawe sculpt. London 
Published by D. Gaily N" 263 High Holborn Jany 8'* 1801. 

Extremely rare. 

81. DOOLITTLE. 

GEN. GEORGE WASHINGTON Commander in chief of the Armies 
of the LTnited States, Born Feb: ii'^« 1732 O. S. Died December 
1799. Bust in uniform, in profile to right. Over the head, an eagle 
with laurel wreath. Vignette. Stipple. 



52 JOSEPH WRIGHT. 



Height 3 4-16 inches; width I 5-16 inches. 

A. Doolittle sculp. Extremely rare. 

[The Majesty and Mortality of created Gods Illustrated and Improved. 
A Funeral Discourse Delivered at North-Haven December 29. 1799 on 
the Death of General George Washington who died December 14, 1799. 
By Benjamin Trumbull, D.D. New Haven 1800.] 

A copy of the Etching by Wright. 

82. . 



G. WASHINGTON President of the United States. Bust in uniform, 
in profile to left. Oval. Etched, 

Height 4 4-16 inches; width 3 i2-l6 inches. 

[Title Page to "The Battle of Prague Favorite Sonata for the Piano 
Forte." Boston Printed & sold by Graupner N° 6 Franklin S'.] 

From the Etching by Wright. Only one impression has come under the notice of the 
writer. 

83. EVANS. 

Full Bust in uniform, three quarters to right. Head in profile. Oval. 

Stipple. 
Height 4 6- 1 5 inches; width 3 6- 1 6 inches. 

Drawn by J. Wright. Engraved by W. Evans. 

[Heading to a Broadside Edition of The Farewell address. T. Bens- 
ley Printer, Bolt Court, Fleet Street London.] Extremely rare. 

Subsequently printed in colors, the background having been removed. These im- 
pressions have the Title " General Washington" and the following address, "Published 
I March 1800 by Thos. Medland Abingdon Street Westm'." 



84. . 

Full Bust in uniform, three quarters to right, Head in profile. Oval, of a 
single line, no background. Etched. 

Height 2 i2-l6 inches; width 2 i-i6 inches. 

Only one impression has come under the notice of the writer. 



JOSEPH WRIGHT. 53 



85. . 

Full Bust in uniform, three quarters to right, Head in profile. Ruled 

background. Etched. 

Height 2 13-16 inches; width 2 4-16 inches. 



[Force's Picture of the city of Washington.] 



86. 



GENERAL WASHINGTON. Full Bust in uniform, three quarters to 
left, Head in profile. Oval. Stipple. 

Height 3 3-16 inches; width 2 8-16 inches. 

Parson's Genuine Edition of Hume's England. Engraved for J. 
Parsons Paternoster Ro7v May 1795. 



87. HOLLOW AY. 

GENERAL WASHINGTON. Full Bust in uniform, in profile to right. 

Oval. Line. 

Height 3 1016 inches; width 2 14-16 inches. 

T. Holloway sculp. "Literary Magazine." Published as the act 
directs i Aug. 1792 by C. Eorster, Poultry. Rare. 



88. 



GENERAL WASHINGTON. Full Bust in uniform, in profile to right. 

Oval. Line. 

Height 3 9-16 inches; width 2 13-16 inches. 



89. 



GENERAL WASHINGTON. Full Bust in uniform, in profile to left. 
Oval. Stipple. 

Height 3 9-16 inches ; widtli 2 13-16 inches. 

For the American Universal Magazine. (Philadelphia Feby. 1797.) 



154 JOSEPH WRIGHT. 



90. LEHMAN. 

G. WASHINGTON. Bust in uniform, in profile to right. Title, in a 
ribbon beneath the Bust. Oval. Etched. 

Height 2 9-16 inches; width I 14-16 inches. 

J. Wright Pinx. G. A. I^ehman sc. Amst. 

A close copy of the Etching by Wright. Only one impression has come under the 
notice of the writer, and beneath it, is printed in ordinary type letters, fourteen lines of 
eulogistic verse in Dutch, signed P. H. Themmen M.D. The following translation, is 
kindly furnished by Joseph W. Drexel the owner of the print : — 

" Behold a speaking likeness of the allgreat hero, 

Of the noblest of men ; therefore approach reverentially, 

Ye friends of mankind ! and recognize in this father of his countrymen, 

A Cato in council ; a Csesar in the field ; 

A second Solon, whene'er his country's interest is at st.^ke ; 

A Hercules, if the state is threatened by boisterous winds. 

Yet in peaceful times, but an humble farmer. 

At once the dread of Albion, and her object of esteem. 

A hero, knowing as well to fight desperately. 

As to avoid by his skill, a useless sacrifice of blood. 

A bulwark, before his land; an unclouded sun, 

In its heroic crown ; a quarter of the earth, 

From the yoke of oppression, with skill and moderation he protected. 

The best friend of the people : the great Washington." 

91. MURRAY. 

GENERAL WASHINGTON. Full Bust in uniform, in profile to right. 

Oval. Line. 

Height 2 1-16 inches; width I 8-16 inches. 

From an orig' Drawg. George Murray Sculpt. "Pocket Magazine." 
Published by Harrison &> Co. Ocf. i, 1795. 

92. O'NEILL. 

GEORGE WASHINGTON. Bust, in profile to right. Vignette. Mixed. 

Height I I2-I6 inches; width I 3-16 inches. 
Elias Dexter 564 Broadway (1863) 



JOSEPH WRIGHT. 55 



Engraved from a copy of the Etching by Wright, drawn by Joseph Ames of Boston, 
the military coat being changed into a civil one, the arrangement of the hair somewhat 
different, and the features considerably altered. 



93. O'NEILL. 

WASHINGTON. Full Bust, in uniform, Head to right. Mezzoiinto. 

Height 5 inches; width 4 2-16 inches. 

Engraved by J. A. O'Neill. From an original contemporary Picture 
in the possession of William Menzies Esq. Private Plate. 

[Addresses of the City of New York to George Washington with His 
Replies. New York, 1S67. Printed for Private Distribution.] 

94. ROOSING, 

WASHINGTON. Bust in uniform, in profile to right. Oval. Stipple. 

Height 3 Il-l5 inches; width 2 14-16 inches. 

H. Roosing sculp. Rotterdam. H. Loosjes Pz. Excud' 1 793. 

Very rare. 

95. SCOLES. 

GENERAL WASHINGTON. Full Bust in uniform, three quarters to 
right, Head in profile. Oval in a rectangle. Stipple. 

Height 2 12-16 inches; width 23-16 inches. 
Scoles sc. Published by Smith Nnu York Rare. 

96. SMITH. 

G. WASHINGTON AS he appeared while reviewing the Continental 
Army on Boston Common 1776. Bust in uniform, in profile to right. 
Oval medallion, in the centre of a rectangle ruled with waved lines, 
and inclosed by a border. Stipple. 

Height 5 14-16 inches; width 5 inches. 



56 JOSEPH WRIGHT. 



Drawn by N. Fullerton, Engraved by G. G. Smith. "Entered 
according to Act of Congress, in the year 185 1, by Charles Fox in the 
Clerks Office of the District Court of Massachusetts." 

[A Portrait of George Washington from an original Drawing. A His- 
tory of the Portrait, &c. By Charles Fox. Boston 1S51.] 

The writer of the pamphlet to which this print is prefixed, declares that it was exe- 
cuted, from " A Portrait of George Washington, as he appeared while reviewing the 
Continental Army on Boston Common in 1776," drawn by Nathaniel Fullerton, a young 
Artist of that city. The pamphlet, was published, "To rescue from oblivion a Portrait 
which, in the opinion of competent judges, is a remarkable likeness of the Father of 
his Country," and contains Certificates as to its correctness in that respect, by a number 
of persons who had seen Washington in Boston, in the years 1776 and 1789. As to the 
latter statement, we have but little doubt, feeling quite certain that the drawing from 
which the engraving was made, was a copy of the original etching by Joseph Wright, to 
which Fullerton had affixed his name, without any thought of claiming it for an original 
work, as the etching at the time of its publication (1790), seems to have been well 
known in the Eastern States. A comparison of the etching and engraving, leaves no 
room to doubt, that this, is the true version of the matter, and that tlie Title of the print, 
is manifestly incorrect. 



97. . 

G. WASHINGTON. Born Virginia Feb"" w™ 1732 General of the 

American Armies 1775 Resigned 1783 President of the United 
States i 7S9. Full Bust in uniform, in profile to left. Title, in a ribbon 
on the arm. Circle. Stipple. 

Diameter 39-16 inches. 

A cotemporary print, and possibly a free copy of the head in the " Manly Medal," 
supposed to be by Wright. It is rather a crude effort, and only one impression of the 
original state, has come under the notice of the writer. The plate is still in existence, 
having been entirely worked over, the Title removed from the arm, and engraved in 
much larger letters in the upper margin. The impressions from the altered plate, all 
taken comparatively recently, are well known to collectors. 



ROBERT EDGE PINE. 

1785. 

Son of John Pine, engraver, was born in London in the year 1742. 
It is not known by whom he was instructed, but he gained the first 
premium offered by the Society for the encouragement of Arts, for the 
best historical picture painted in oil, figures life size, in 1760, and for 
the second time in the year 1762. 

He afterwards practiced as a portrait painter both in London and 
Bath, and was considered a good colorist. Many of his theatrical 
portraits were engraved by McArdell, Valentine Green, Watson, and 
others, and were very popular. 

Pine came to America in the year 1783, for the purpose of painting 
portraits of the heroes and patriots of the Revolution, in order to com- 
bine them in historical pictures commemorating the events of that 
period. He made his residence in Philadelphia, having brought letters 
of introduction to the Hon. Francis Hopkinson, whose portrait was the 
first he painted in this country. It was the letter of that gentleman to 
Washington, explaining Pine's design of collecting portraits for histor- 
ical pictures, and requesting him to sit to the artist, which drew out 
the celebrated letter dated Mt. Vernon i6th May, 1785. "In for a 
penny, in for a pound, is an old adage. I am so hackneyed to the 
touches of the Painter's pencil, that I am now altogether at their beck, 
and sit like patience on a monument whilst they are delineating the 
lines of my face. It is a proof among many others of what habit and 
custom can effect. At first I was as impatient at the request, and as 
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58 R OBER T ED GE PINE. 

restive under the operation, as a colt is of the saddle. The next time 
I submitted very reluctantly, but with less flouncing. Now no dray 
moves more readily to the Thill, than I do to the Painter's Chair. It 
may easily be conceived therefore that I yielded a ready obedience to 
your request, and to the views of Mr. Pine. Letters from England, 
recommendatory of this Gentleman, came to my hand previous to his 
arrival in America, not only as an Artist of acknowledged eminence, 
but as one who had discovered a friendly disposition towards this 
country, for which, it seems he had been marked." 

Pine remained three weeks at Mt. Vernon, and besides that of 
Washington, painted also the portraits of Mrs. Washington's Grand- 
children. He executed quite a number of portraits in Philadelphia, 
Baltimore, Annapolis, and in different parts of Virginia, all of which 
are held in high esteem, but his project of painting the historical 
pictures was never fully carried out. 

Robert Edge Pine died at Philadelphia, November 19, 17SS. His 
family, a widow and daughters, returned to England. 

We have but two engravings of this portrait, one by H. B. Hall en 
vignette from the original picture, and the other by G. R. Hall taken 
from an ornamental design by A. Chappel, the head being surrounded 
by different objects referring to the civil and military history of Wash- 
ington, as well as national allusions. The first named print, is the 
most satisfactory as a transcript of the painting. 

98. HALL. 

WASHINGTON. Half length in uniform, Head three quarters to left. 
The right hand rests upon a walking stick. Vignette. Stipple. 

Height 5 S-16 inches; width 4 inches. 



ROBERT EDGE PINE. 59 

H. B. Hall. From the original Picture from life by Robert Edge 
Pine taken in 1785. (In possession of J. Carson Brevoort Esq, Brooklyn 
N. Y.) Engraved for Irving' s Washuigton. 

[Life of George Washington. By Washington Irving. New York, 
1856-59-] 

99. HALL. 

G. WASHINGTON. Bust in uniform, Head three quarters to left. Oval, 
in a frame adorned with laurel leaves, resting upon a Base in a rectangle. 
At the top of the Frame "E Pluribus Unum," and beneath it, an open 
scroll containing fac-simile autographs of the signers. Stipple. 

Height 8 9-16 inches; width 6 4-16 inches. 

Painted by A. Chappel. Engraved by G. R. Hall. From the 
original Portrait by Pine in the possession of J. Carson Brevoort Esqr. 
(Copy Right 1S56.) 



JEAN ANTOINE HOUDON. 

1785. 

Was born at Versailles, March 20th, 1741. Having^ gained the first 
prize for Sculpture in the Royal Academy at Paris (1760), he visited 
Italy, where he passed ten years in the study of the Antique. After 
his return to Paris he was admitted to the Academy, and soon occu- 
pied a prominent position in his art. 

In June, 1784, the General Assembly of Virginia passed a resolution, 
"That the Executive be requested to take measures for procuring a 
statue of General Washington, to be of the finest marble and best 
workmanship." In pursuance of this request, Governor Harrison com- 
missioned Charles Willson Peale, to draw a full length picture of the 
General, directing him, when finished, to forward it to Paris, to the 
address of Thomas Jefferson, at that time a minister plenipotentiary 
with Adams and Franklin, to negotiate treaties of commerce with 
foreign nations. 

The picture was painted and forwarded by the artist towards the 
end of the year, but Houdon, with whom Jefferson had contracted for 
its execution, was unwilling to undertake the statue without seeing 
Washington, and in consequence, arrangements were made for his 
doing so. He came to the United States in the same vessel with 
Dr. Franklin, arriving in Philadelphia in September of the following 
year. 

Houdon reached Mt. Vernon the third day of October, and remained 
two weeks, during which time he made a cast of the face, from which 
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JEAN ANTOINE HO UD ON. 6i 

a bust was modelled, and took minute measurements of the person 
of Washington. He returned to Paris about the first of January, 
1786, and the statue was completed in 1788, but the new Capitol at 
Richmond, in which provision was to be made for its reception, not 
being finished, it was detained in France to await that event. It was 
placed in position May 14th, 1796. 

The Statue is of the exact size of life, six feet two inches in height, 
of fine Italian marble. The costume is the military dress of the Revo- 
lution. The right hand of the General rests upon a staff, the left is 
upon the folds of a militaiy cloak thrown over the end of a bundle 
of fasces, with which are connected a sword and plough. 

The inscription on the pedestal, which was written by James 
Madison, is as follows: "The General Assembly of the Common- 
wealth of Virginia have caused this Statue to be erected as a monu- 
ment of affection and gratitude to George Washington, who, uniting 
to the endowments of the Hero, the virtues of the Patriot, and exert- 
ing both in establishing the liberties of his country, has rendered his 
name dear to his fellow-citizens, and given the world an immortal 
Example of true Glory." 

The figure has been pronounced by Lafayette "a fac-simile of 
Washington's Person," while the bust, simple, yet dignified, grand, 
but full of humanity, is the acknowledged likeness, and stamped by 
Stuart, as the ideal of the great original. 

Jean Antoine Houdon died at Paris, July 15, 1828. 

Our List of prints includes but one of the Statue, and that executed 
from a daguerreotype, is neither very satisfactory as an engraving, 
nor faithful to the original. The bust, however, has been well en- 



62 JEAN ANTOINE HOUDON. 

graved, and in the plates by Leney, and Durand, all the fine charac- 
ter, tiuth, and dignity of this master piece are preserved. The print by 
Tardieu, which is now difficult to obtain, it having become very scarce 
outside of early collections, is a beautiful example of engraving. But 
perhaps the most interesting one, is that executed by an unknown 
hand in the stipple manner, in imitation of a crayon sketch. No. 109. 
It is peculiarly free and easy in the drawing, striking in expression, 
and the whole character of the head and work, indicates the master 
hand. 

100. DURAND, 

WASHINGTON. Profile Head and Bust, to right. Vignette. Line. 

Height 3 4-16 inches; widlh 2 4-16 inches. 

From Houdon's Bust. Engraved by A. B. Durand 1S33. 

[The Writings of George Washington. By Jared Sparks. Boston, 
1834-] 

loi. HALL, 
WASHINGTON. Profile Head and Bust, to right. Vignette. Stipple. 

Height 3 4-16 inches; width 2 4-16 inches. 

From Houdon's Bust. 

[Life of George Washington. By Washington Irving. New York, 
1856-59-] 

102, HAMLIN. 

WASHINGTON. Profile Head and Bust, to left, in a rectangle. En- 
graved by a Roulette. 

Height 2 l2-i6 inches; width 2 1-16 inclies. 

W"" Hamlin sc. 2S.. 91. From Howdan's Bust Richmond Va. 



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103. LENEY. 

WASHINGTON. Profile Head and Bust, to right, in a rectangle. 

Stipple. 
Height 5 inches; width 4 inches. 

Drawn by J. AVood from Houdon's Bust. Engraved by Leney. 
Published by Joseph Delaplaine Chesnut S*. Fhilad" 1814. 

[Delaplaine's Repository of the Lives and Portraits of Distinguished 
American Characters. Philadelphia, 1815-1S.] 

104. ORMSBY. 

WASHINGTON. Head in profile to left. Oval medallion, suspended 
by a ring, in a ruled rectangle. 

Height 10 10-16 inches; width 9 2-16 inches. 
Ormsby's Pentography. 

105. PARKER. 

GEO. WASHINGTON. Full figure in uniform, standing upon a pedestal, 
Head in profile to left. The right hand rests upon the folds of a mili- 
tary cloak thrown over the ends of a Bundle of fasces, and the left upon 
a walking stick. Vignette. Stipple. 

Height 6 inches; width 2 S-16 inches. 

From the Statue by Houdon, in the capitol, Richmond Va. Daguerre- 
otyped from the statue. Geo. Parker. G. P. Putnam isf Co. 

106. SAINT MEMIN. 

WASHINGTON. Head in profile to right, laureated. Oval. 

Height 10-16 inch; width 7-16 inch. 

The impressions in the two sets of the works of Saint Memin, referred to in the 
sketch of that artist, are the only ones known to the writer. 



64 JEAN ANTOINE HOUDON. 



107. STORM. 

G. WASHINGTON. Profile Head and Bust, to right. Vignette. 

Stipple. 

Height 2 S-16 inches; width I 8- 16 inches. 



From Houdons Bust. Engraved by G. T. Storm. 

[Life of George Washington. By Jared Sparks. Abridged by the 
autiior. Boston, 1S40.] 



108. TARDIEU. 

G. WASHINGTON. Head in profile to left, the hair flowing and tied 
by a ribbon. Circular medallion, Title on the left. Line. 

Diameter 3 inches. 

Dessinfe et Grave d'apres Houdon par Ale.xander Tardieu. 

" Pour sauver son pays du pouvoir arbritaire 
AVashington conibatti en guerrier valeureux 
Mais il acquit bien plus qu'une gloria vulgaire 
II fut homme d'Etat humain et vertueux. 

Par J. Castera" 

Depos^ a la Bibliotheque Nationale le 9 Vendemaire an. 9. A Pans 
chez Alex. Taniicu Gr. tie la Marine Hue de /' Universiie N" 296 au 
Depot National de Machine. Rare. 



109. . 

Profile Head and Bust, to right. Vignette. Stipple. 

Height 6 inches; width 3 S 16 inches. 



Very rare. 



Engraved to imitate a crayon drawing. 



JEAN ANTOINE HOUDON. 65 



no. 



Head in profile to right. Circular medallion upon a Base, inscribed 
"Born Feb. 22 A.D. 1732 — Died Dec. 14, 1799;" a figure of Liberty 
on the right, the U. S. shield on the left. The centre of a circle orna- 
mented with views at Mt. Vernon. Line. 

Diameter 2 I- 16 inches. 

Designed by H. Billings, Engraved by the American Bank Note Co. 
(Copy Right by H. Barnes 1859.) 

Published at Boston in 1859, surrounded by a frame made from wood, (oak,) grown 
at Mt. Vernon. 



JAMES PEALE. 

1788-1795. 

Miniature Painter, was a younger brother and pupil of Charles 
Willson Peale. He painted two original miniatures of Washington, 
the first, according to the date on the engraving of it by H. B. Hall, 
in the year 1788, and the other, in 1795. The former one, now in 
possession of the Wasliington Grays, (artillery corps,) of Philadelphia, 
resembles the head by Pine. Of the latter, we have no information, 
other than the statement by his nephew Rembrandt, that his uncle 
James, during the second and third sittings, accorded to him by 
Washington in the autumn of 1795, painted at his left hand, a minia- 
ture on ivory. 

Mr. Peale also painted in oil. In the year 17S6, his brother 
executed a portrait of Washington from life, for his Gallery. This 
portrait, James copied on a larger canvas, and added the figure in 
military costume, with an attendant and horse in the background. 
The picture, is in the possession of James Lenox Esqr. of New York, 
and is the one engraved by John Sartain, No. 112. 

James Peale died at Philadelphia, in May, 1831, in the eighty second 
year of his age. 



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JAMES PEALE. 67 



III. HALL. 

G. WASHINGTON. Bust in uniform, Head nearly in profile to right. 
Vignette. Line. 

Height 3 4-16 inches; width 3 inches. 
Eng* by H. B. Hall N. Y. 1865. J. Peale Pinx, 178S. {Private Plate.) 

112. SARTAIN. 

Half length in uniform, Head three quarters to right, the right hand on 
sword hilt. In the rear to left, a Tent partly visible, and in the right 
back ground, an attendant with a horse. Mezzotinto. 

Height 8 4-16 inches; width 6 4-16 inches. 

Engraved by J. Sartain after the original Painting From Life by 
James Peale. 

[Washington's Farewell Address to the People of the United States 
of Amerira. Reprint from the original MS. in possession of James 
Lenox. Privately Printed. New York, 1850.] 



MADAME DE BREHAN. 

1789. 

Sister of the Count de Moustier the French Minister to the United 
States, an accomplished writer and skilful amateur artist, accompanied 
her brother to this country, and passed a few days at Mt. Vernon in 
the autumn of 1788. She was a great admirer of Washington, and 
on the evening of the day of his inauguration as first President of the 
United States, (April 30, 1 789,) the front of her brother's house in New 
York, was beautifully decorated with paintings by her own hand, sug- 
gestive of the past, the present, and the future in American History, 
which were illuminated by borderings of lamps upon the doors and 
windows. 

Washington gave her a sitting, as appears by the following entry 
in his Diary : "Saturday, 3d. (October, 1789.) Walked in the afternoon, 
and sat about two o'clock for Madam de Brehan, to complete a minia- 
ture profile of me, which she had begun from memory, and which she 
had made exceedingly like the original."* 

Madame de Brehan returned to France with her brother shortly 
afterwards, the President making an informal visit upon them for the 
purpose of taking leave, on the 14th of the same month. After their 
return, the Count had an engraving made from the original, proofs of 

* The previous ciitiy of tliis day is as follows: " Sat for Mr. Ranimage near two hours 
lo clay, who was drawing a minialure picture of me for Mrs. Wasliiiigton." This Portrait 
has not been engraved, and the whereabouts of the original is unknown. 

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MADAME DE BREHAN. 69 

which were sent by him to Washington, in May of the following year. 
One of these proof impressions, was presented by Washington to Mrs. 
Robert Morris, a grand-daughter of whom, in turn, presented it shortly 
after the battle of Antietam (1862), to General George B. McClellan. 
It was from this impression, that the engraving by Burt was executed. 

Madame de Brehan also painted on copper in medallion form, the 
profiles of Washington and Lafayette accolated, and presented the pic- 
ture to Mrs. Washington, after making a copy for herself. This is no 
doubt the medallion alluded to, in the Count's letter to Washington, of 
May II, 1790, in which he refers also to sending the proof impressions 
of the prints. No engraving of this medallion has been executed; it 
has, however, been reproduced on wood, for " The Pictorial Field Book 
of the Revolution," and "The Home of Washington and its associa- 
tions," by Benson J. Lossing. 

Our list furnishes two engravings of the De Brehan miniature, those 
by Roger and Burt. The latter, a recent production, engraved as 
stated, from the proof impression presented by Washington to Mrs. 
Morris, varies somewhat from the former, the profile possessing more 
of the Houdon feeling, thus giving a head quite striking and charac- 
teristic. The print from which it was copied, we have been unable to 
see, nor do we know by whom it was executed. 

The head by Roger, in reverse from the one by Burt, while not as 
manly in expression, and a little too much in the poetic order, is never- 
theless an exceedingly interesting profile. Both of these prints are 
well engraved, and fill a valuable niche in a Washington collection. 



70 MADAME DE BREHAN. 



113. ROGER. 

GEORGE WASHINGTON ne en Virginie le ii Fevrier 1732. Pro- 
file Head to left, laureated. Circular medallion, in the upper part of a 
rectangle. The Title in a Tablet. Stipple. 

Height 5 12-16 inches; width 4 inches. 

Grave d'apres le cam&e peint par Madame de Br^han a Newyork en 
1789. Dirige par P. F. Tardieu. Grav^ par Roger. 

[Voyage dans La Haute Pensylvanie et dans L'Etat de New York, 
Par un Membre adoptif de la Nation O'Neida. Traduit et public par 
I'auteur des Lettres D'un cultivateur Americain. Paris 1801.] Rare. 

114. BURT. 

G. WASHINGTON. Profile Head to right, laureated. Vignette. 

Line. 

Height 2 8-16 inches; width 2 2-16 inches. 

"The President's compliments accompany the enclosed to Mrs. 
Morris." Engraved and Printed at the Bureau Engraving & Printing. 
This profile of Washington is engraved from the original now in pos- 
session of Gen' Geo. B. McClellan, which was presented to Mrs. Morris 
by Gen' Washington, accompanied by a note, of which the above te.\t 
is a true and exact fac simile. 



CHRISTIAN GULAGER. 

1789. 

Was born at Copenhagen, Denmark, in 17159. He seems to have 
turned his attention to art at an early age, receiving, when but seven- 
teen years old, the prize medal of the Royal Academy of his native 
city, for painting and drawing, which carried with it the privilege of 
travelling for three years through Europe, at the King's expense, for 
the study of art. 

Gulager came to America when about twenty-two years of age, 
settling in Boston, where he married and prosecuted portrait painting, 
opening a gallery for the exhibition of his own and other paintings, 
which is said to have occupied, an important place in the community. 

When Washington visited Boston as President, on his eastern tour, 
in October, 1789, Gulager in the words of the Rev. Jeremy Belknap, 
"stole a likeness of him from a pew behind the pulpit," in King's 
Chapel, while listening to an oratorio performed in his honor. Not 
satisfied with this, it was made in pencil, the artist followed the Presi- 
dential party to Portsmouth, N. H., where, according to the following 
entry in Washington's Diary, he had a better opportunity, being ac- 
corded a regular sitting. "Tuesday, 3d. (Nov.) Sat two hours in the 

forenoon for a Mr. , Painter of Boston, at the request of M. Brick 

of that place; who wrote Maj. Jackson, that it was an earnest desire of 
many inhabitants of that town that he might be indulged." 

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72 CHRISTIAN GULAGER. 

Dr. Belknap, in referring to this incident, says: "He obtained a 
very good likeness; after which he laid aside the sketch which he 
took in tlic chapel; which, however, was not a bad one." This por- 
trait, became the property of Daniel Sargent, Jr., who afterwards pre- 
sented it to Dr. Belknap. At the time of its being engraved by 
Marshall, it was in the possession of a grandson, Edward Belknap; it 
is now owned by a great-grand-daughter, Mrs. Arthur Codman, of 
Bristol, R. I. 

Christian Gulager left Boston in 179 1, and after living in New York 
about nine years, went to Philadelphia, where he died in 1827. 

The only engraving we have of this portrait, is the one by Marshall, 
which is well executed, and is said to be an excellent rendering of the 
original. The head, which is rather awkwardly drawn, possesses in 
general effect, some of the characteristics of the Savage, more notice- 
able in the print in that list, by an unknown engraver, inscribed as 
being from an original miniature in the possession of Benjamin Smith 
of Philadelphia. 

115. MARSHALL. 

GEORGE WASHINGTON. Head and Bust, three quarters to right. 
Oval in a rectangle. Line. 

Height 4 lo-l6 inches; width 3 13-16 inches. 

Eng'' by W" E. Marshall from a Portrait by Gulligher belonging to 
E. Belknap Esqr. 

[Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society, vol. i, 1855-58.] 



EDWARD SAVAGE. 



1790. 



Painter and Engraver, in the Mezzotinto and Stipple manner, was 
born at Princeton, Mass., in the year 1761. His original calling was 
that of a goldsmith, which, however, he relinquished for portrait paint- 
ing and engraving. 

Having offered to execute a portrait of Washington as a gift to 
Harvard College, to be placed in the Philosophy Chamber, the Presi- 
dent, at the request of that Institution, sat to him in the city of New 
York, three times, as appears by the following entries in his diary. 

"Monday 21st. (Dec. 1789.) Sat from ten to one o'clock for a Mr. 
Savage, to draw my Portrait for the University of Cambridge, in the 
State of Massachusetts, at the request of the President and Governors 
of the said University." 

" Monday 28th. Sat all the forenoon (or Mr. Savage, who was taking 
my portrait." 

"Wednesday 6th. (Jany. 1790.) Sat from half after 8 o'clock till 10 
for the portrait painter, Mr. Savage, to finish the picture of me which 
he had begun for the University of Cambridge." 

This Portrait, afterwards engraved by the artist himself in the Stipple 

manner, the first mentioned in the appended list, is still preserved in 

the collection of the college, and is described in the Catalogue as 

follows: "No. 4. Geo: Washington, b. 1732. d. 1799 — L. L. D. 1776. 

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74 ED WARD SA VA GE. 

Artist, Edward Savage, 1790 — Donor, Edward Savage, 1792 — Presdt. 
United States, 1 789-1797. First L. L. D. of Harvard College." The 
contemporary record of the Institution, dated August 30, 1791, also 
possesses some interest, " Voted. That the thanks of this Corpora- 
tion be given to Mr. Edward Savage, for his polite and generous 
attention to this University, in painting a portrait of the President of 
the United States, taken by him from the life; and that Mr. Savage's 
brother, be requested to transmit to him this vote." 

Savage went abroad the following year, and studied for a time in 
London, under Benjamin West, and afterwards visited Italy. He 
subsequently practiced at Philadelphia and New York. Edward 
Savage, died at his native place in July, 18 17. 

An examination of the prints bearing the name of E. Savage as 
painter and engraver, leads to the conclusion that the statements made 
by William Dunlap, in his sketch of the artist (Arts of Design Vol i 
pa 321), and which were evidently furnished by that erratic genius, 
John Wesley Jarvis, a pupil of Savage's, are manifestly incorrect. The 
assertion that David Edwin was the real engraver of these works, is 
proved to be an error, from the fact, that the first and third mentioned 
prints in the list, were published in London, respectively, in the years 
1792 and 1793, and that Edwin was not known as an engraver, until 
his arrival in Philadelphia in December, 1797, being then about 
twenty-one years of age. Moreover, one is executed in Mezzotinto, a 
method which he never practiced, and the other, although in Stipple, 
is entirely different in manner from that of Edwin, whose style is well 
known. 

What works Jarvis refers to, when he says "that he made all his 



EDWARD SAVAGE. 75 

masters pictures, engraved them, printed them, and delivered them to 
customers," is not apparent, for besides those enumerated below, no 
other prints bearing the name of Savage as painter and engraver, are 
known (at least to the writer), except one of General Knox, published 
in London, Dec. 1791, executed in the Stipple manner. The state- 
ment, that Edwin engraved "The Washington Family," published in 
1798, and that Jarvis assisted him is also made, but the work resem- 
bles closely the head of 1792, and although in some respects, the 
drawing is open to criticism, yet it is a well executed print. 

The portrait of Washington, as given in these prints, possesses an 
air of truthfulness and individuality, which warrants the assertion, that 
the artist was faithful to his original, and in sympathy with a character 
whose dignity he felt, so far as was in his power, must be preserved. 
The first described print, is from the picture painted in New York for 
the college, a military portrait, and the one executed in Mezzotinto, 
representing Washington as President, in full dress, examining a plan 
of the city of Washington, exists only as an engraving, no painting of 
it being known. Both are well engraved. 

All the prints in the following list, with the exception of that by 
Bertonnier, and the one published by Rymer, engraver unknown, are 
copies of the plates engraved by Savage as above mentioned, those 
executed by Hamlin, from the Mezzotinto full three quarter length, 
varying in certain accessories, from the original. The head by Ber- 
tonnier, is probably from Savage, although in passing through the 
French crucible, it has become slightly transformed. The print pub- 
lished by Rymer, London, 1794, said to be taken from an original 
miniature in the possession of Benjamin Smith of Philadelphia, gives 



76 EDWARD SAVAGE. 



us a head, quite different in drawing and pose from the Savage, but 
the general characteristics are such, as to warrant the belief, that it 
must have been modelled to a great extent from his work. 

The list presents but three prints executed by foreign engravers, all 
the rest being by Americans. 

ii6. SAVAGE. 

GEORGE WASHINGTON ESQ" President of the United St.a.tes 
OF America. Full Bust in uniform, the order of the Cincinnati on the 
left breast. Head three quarters to the right. Oval, in a rectangle. 

S/ipple. 

Height 5 4-l6 inches; width 4 3-16 inches. 

Painted & Engraved by E. Savage. From the original Picture Painted 
in 1790 for the Philosophical Chamber at the University of Cambridge, 
in Massachusetts. PublhJCd Feiy 7, 1792 by E. Savage N" 29 Charles 
Street, Midd-'-' Hospital. Very rare. 

117. SAVAGE. 

GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON. Ftill Bust in uniform, the order 
of the Cincinnati on the left breast. Head three quarters to the right. 
Oval, in a rectangle. Stipple. 

Height 5 4-l6 inches; width 4 3-16 inches. 

Painted & Engraved by E. Savage. 

[Washington's Monuments of Patriotism. Philadelphia, 1800.] 

This is tlie preceding Pl.^te, with a slight alteration in tlie arrangement of the hair, 
and more prominence given to the throat. 

118. SAVAGE. 

GEORGE WASHINGTON ESQ" President of the United States of 
America. Nearly full length sitting, legs crossed, at a Table to the right, 
upon which is a Hat with large Rosette. Head three quarters to right. 



EDWARD SAVAGE. 77 



A large chart upon the Table, is held by the right hand, the left arm 
rests upon it, the hand hanging over in front. The background is 
formed by a curtain, which drawn at the right, reveals the sky, and the 
lower portion of a pillar. Mezzotinto. 

Height l8 inches; width 14 inches. 

E. Savage pinx. et sculp. From the original Portrait Painted at the 
request of the Corporation of the University of Cambridge in Massa- 
chusetts. Fublished Jime 25. 1793 by E. Savage N" 54 Newman Street. 

Very rare. 

119. SAVAGE. 

GEORGE WASHINGTON President of the United States of 
America. Nearly full length sitting, legs crossed, at a Table to the 
right. (Same description as the preceding print.) Mezzotinto. 

Height 18 inches; width 13 14-16 inches. 

From the original Portrait Painted at the request of the Corporation 
of the University of Cambridge in Massachusetts. 

This is a different Plate from the preceding one, although very similar. It is not so 
well executed, and slight differences are visible throughout, the most marked perhaps, 
being the Rosette on the Hat, which is entirely diflerent. It is supposed to be by 
Savage. Only two impressions, have come to the knowledge of the writer. 

I 

120. SAVAGE. 

THE WASHINGTON FAMILY. George Washington his Lady and 
her two Grandchildren by the name of Custis. La Famille de 
Washington. George Washington Son Epouse et ses deux petits 
Enfants du nom de Custis. Full figure in military costume, seated 
to the left of the print. His right arm, rests on the shoulder of the boy 
who is standing, while the left, is upon a chart extended on a Table, to 
a part of which, Mrs. Washington points with a fan. Stipple. 

Height iS 6-16 inches; length 24 6-16 inches. 

Painted & Engrav'd by E. Savage. Publish' d March io« 1798 h E. 
Savage i^ Rob' Wilkinson N' <;^^ Cornhill London. Rare. 



78 EDWARD SAVAGE. 



121. BERTONNIER. 

WASHINGTON. Bust in uniform, Head three quarters to the right. 
Vignette. Line. 

Height 3 inches; width 3 4-16 inches. 
Marckl Del. Bertonnier sculp. Publie par Pourrat F. A Paris. 



122. BUTTRE, 

WASHINGTON. Full Bust in uniform, the order of the Cincinnati on 
the left breast. Head three quarters to the right. Vignette. 

Mezzotinto. 

Height 48-16 inches ; width 38-16 inches. 

Eng* by J. C. Buttre N. Y. after a painting by Edward Savage. 

[Washingtoniana; or. Memorials of the Death of George Washington. 
By Franklin B. Hough. Roxbury Mass. 1865.] 

Copy of the Stipple Head by Savage No. 116. 



123. HAMLIN. 

GEN-- GEORGE WASHINGTON. Nearly full length in military coat, 
sitting at a Table to the right, crossed legs. Upon a Pedestal to the 
right relieved against the sky, an urn, with halo at top, bearing the In- 
scription "G. W. Obt. Decb' 14"" 1799 M. 68." On the side of the 
Pedestal "The Grateful Tribute of his admiring countrymen," and on 
the front in three lines, "Death ere thou hast slain another. Wise and 
Great and Good as He, Time shall throw his dart at thee." 

Mezzotinto. 

Height 17 Il-l6 inches; width 13 14-16 inches. 

E. Savage Pinx'. W" Hamlin sculpt. Published July 1800 by IF'" 
Hamlin Providence R. I. 

A copy with the variations above noted of the Mezzotinto by Savage No. llS. One 
hundred impressions only of this plate, were taken for subscribers. It lias become ex- 
tremely rare. 



EDWARD SAVAGE. 79 

124. HAMLIN. 

GEORGE WASHINGTON ESQ« Ob^ Decb" 14™ 1799. M. 68. 
Nearly full length, sitting at a Table to the left, crossed legs, Head 
three quarters to the left. Mezzotinto. 

Height 7 5-16 inches; width 5 S-16 inches. 

E. Savage pinxet. W° Hamlin sculp. Providence. 

Copy in reverse of the Mezzotinto by Savage No. 118. This plate is still printed from. 

125. HAMLIN. 

GENi- GEORGE WASHINGTON Ob^ Decb" 14™ 1799 M 68. Nearly 
full length in uniform, sitting at a Table to the left, crossed legs. The 
order of the Cincinnati on left breast. The waistcoat is unbuttoned, 
and the hilt of a sword lies against the Table. An urn, surmounted by 
a figure of Fame with Trumpet, is relieved against the sky. 

Mezzotinto. 

Height 7 4-16 inches; width 5 9-16 inches. 

E. Savage pinxet. W™ Hamlin sculp. Providence. 

Copy in reverse of the Mezzotinto by Savage No. 118, with the variations as above 
noted. Only one impression, has come to the laiowledge of the writer. 



126. HAMLIN. 

GEN^- GEORGE WASHINGTON. Bust in uniform. Head three quar- 
ters to right. Oval. StiJ>ple. 

Height 3 14-16 inches; width 3 3-16 inches. 

E. Savage Pinx'. W" Hamlin set. Prov''. " Farnsworth's Edition." 

Very rare. 

[Memory of Washington. Newport, R. I. Printed by Oliver Farns- 
worth, 1800.] 



8o EDWARD SAVAGE. 



127. HAMLIN, 

GEN'- GEORGE WASHINGTON. Full Bust in uniform, Head three 
quarters to right. Oval, surrounded by rays. Stipple. 

Height 10-16 inch ; width 7-16 inch. 

128. HARRISON. 

GEN'- GEO"= WASHINGTON. Full Bust in uniform, Head three quar- 
ters to left. The order of the Cincinnati, on the right breast. Oval, 
in a rectangle. Stipple. 

Height 4 2- 1 6 inches; width 3 inches. 

W. Harrison Jun' sculpt. Very rare. 

[Legacies of Washington. Trenton, 1800.] 

129. HILL. 

GEORGE WASHINGTON, President of the United States of 
America. Full Bust in uniforrn. Head three quarters to right. The 
order of the Cincinnati, on the left breast. Oval, in a rectangle. 

Stipple. 
Height 4 inches; width 3 inches. 

Engraved by S. Hill. Rare. 

[Official Letters to the Honourable An;erican Congress, written dur- 
ing the war between the United Colonies and Great Britain. 2nd Ed., 
Boston, 1796.] 

130. HOUSTON. 

GEORGE WASHINGTON ESQ". Full Bust in uniform, the order of 
the Cincinnati, on the left breast. Oval. Stipple. 

Height 4 14-16 inches; width 4 2-16 inches. 

Houston so. Philad'^ Published for Tho' Comlie Bookseller. Rare. 

[Philadelphia Monthly Magazine for 1798, Vol. i.] 

Copy of the Stipple Head by Savage No. 1 16, 



EDWARD SAVAGE. 8i 

131. O'NEILL. 

WASHINGTON. Full Bust in uniform, Head three quarters to the left. 

Oval. S/i/ple. 

Height 4 9-16 inches; width 3 S-16 inches. 

Savage pinx. O'Neill sc. "Engraved for the Washingtoniana." 
Published by Elias Dexter 5 64 Broadway N. Y. 

[Washingtoniana. Reprint N. Y. 1865.] 

Copy of the Stipple Head by Savage, No. 116, omitting the older of the Cincinnati. 

132. ROLLINSON. 

GEORGE WASHINGTON President of the United States. Bust 
in uniform, Head three quarters to left. The order of the Cincinnati, 
on right breast. Oval. Slipple. 

Height 4 14-16 inches; width 3 12-16 inches. 

Savage Pinxt. RoUinson set. Rare. 

[Epistles Domestic, Confidential, and Official, from General Wash- 
ington. New York 1796.] 

133. SARTAIN. 

THE WASHINGTON FAMILY. (Copy of the print by Savage, No. 1 20.) 

Mezzoiinio. 

Height 15 4-16 inches; length 22 14-16 inches. 

Painted by Edward Savage. Engraved by J. Sartain. 

134. SCOLES. 

GEORGE WASHINGTON President of the United States of 
America. Nearly full length, sitting at a Table to the right, with 
crossed legs. Line. 

Height 4 13-16 inches; width 3 12-16 inches. 

I. Scoles del. et sculp. Publish' d by Smith, Reed and Wayland. 
II 



EDWARD SAVAGE. 



[An Historical, Geographical, Commercial and Philosophical, View 
of the United States of America and of the European Settlements in 
America and the West Indies. By VV. Winterbotham. i^' Am. Ed. 
N. Y. 1796.] 

Copy of the Mezzotinto by Savage, No. 118, the curtain in the background, being 
omitted. 



135. TANNER. 

G. WASHINGTON. Full Bust in uniform. Head three quarters to the 
left. Oval. Sti/iple. 

Height 4 12-16 inches; width 3 12-16 inches. 

Savage pinx. Tanner sc. "Engraved for the Washingtoniana." 

[The Washingtoniana: Baltimore. Printed and sold by Samuel Sower. 
1800.] 

Copy of the Stipple Head by Savage, No. 116. 



136. . 

GEORGE WASHINGTON ESQ« President of the United States of 
America. Full Bust in uniform, Head three quarters to right. The 
order of the Cincinnati, on the left breast. Oval. Stipple. 

Height 5 inches; widtTi 3 13-16 inches. 

From the original Picture painted by Savage in 1790 for the Philo- 
sophical Chamber at the University of Cambridge in Massachusetts. 
London Pub'' for the Proprietor Aug. 10"' 1793 by E. Jeffery N" 11 
Pall Mall. Pare. 

Also printed in Tint. 

137- • 



GEORGE WASHINGTON President of the United States of 
America. Bust in uniform, body slightly to left, head drawn in rather 
an awkward manner, three quarters to right. Oval. Stipple. 

Height 4 inches; width 3 4-16 inches. 



EDWARD SAVAGE. Zt, 



From an original miniature in the possession of Benjamin Smith of 
Philadelphia. London Published by D. Rymer, Book er* Print Seller 
lo Broad Court, Long Acre. Extremely rare. 

The following address, also occurs, "Published June lo"" 1794 by T. Palfer N" 4 
Bridge Road Lambeth near the Turnpike." This portrait, is different in the pose of the 
head, and other essentials, from the Savage, but its general effect is such, as to entitle it to 
be placed in this connection. 



JOHN TRUMBULL. 

1790-93. 

Son of Jonathan Trumbull, the revolutionary Governor of Connecti- 
cut, was born at Lebanon in that State, June 6, 1756. He received an 
excellent education, showing great facility in acquiring knowledge, 
particularly of languages, and graduated at Harvard College in July, 
1773. At an early age a taste for drawing developed itself, and while 
at Cambridge, he copied a print after Coypel, which was shown to 
Copley, and commended by him. 

Upon his return to Lebanon, he turned his attention to painting, 
but the mutterings of coming revolution exciting his enthusiasm, the 
palette was abandoned, and he became interested in military studies 
and exercises, entering the army as adjutant to the 1st Connecticut 
Regiment. He marched to Boston in May, 1775, and was stationed 
at Roxbury. 

Understanding, that Washington was desirous of obtaining a correct 
plan, of the enemy's works on Boston Neck, the young adjutant com- 
menced one, but the desertion of a British Artillery-man, who brought 
out with him a rude plan of the entire works, prevented its being fin- 
ished. Trumbull's drawing, however, was shown to the Commander- 
in-Chief, and attracted notice, in consequence of its correctness. He 
was soon after appointed aid-de-camp, and subsequently Major of 
Brigade. 

Li the following year, he accompanied the northern expedition 
(84) 



JOHN TRUMBULL. 85 



under Gates, as adjutant, with the rank of Colonel, but becoming dis- 
satisfied with the date of his commission, left the service in February, 
1777, and returned to Lebanon ; he afterwards went to Boston, to pro- 
fit by studying the works of Copley and others, and while there, occu- 
pied the room which had been built by Smybert, in which remained 
many of his works. 

In May, 1780, he sailed for Europe, being anxious to receive the 
benefit of instruction from Benjamin West, and after a short stay in 
Paris, reached London in the following August. 

Mr. Trumbull has left us a list of drawings and pictures, (68 in num- 
ber,) executed prior to his departure, which includes one, described 
as, "Gen. Washington, half length, from memory." He immediately 
went to work under West, who received him very kindly, but upon 
the receipt of the news of the death of Major Andre, he was arrested 
and committed to prison. His life was spared at the intercession of 
West, then high in favor with the King, but he remained confined for 
seven months, when he was liberated, on condition of quitting the king- 
dom within thirty days. West and Copley becoming his sureties. He 
proceeded to Amsterdam, and reached home in January 17S2. 

Li the following November, Trumbull again embarked for England, 
where he pursued his studies indefatigably under Mr. West, remaining 
until the latter part of 1789, during which time, he painted his "Battle 
of Bunker Hill," and "Death of Montgomery," and arranged the 
compositions, for "The Declaration of Independence," "The Surrender 
of Cornwallis," and the Battles of Trenton and Princeton. He arrived 
at New York, Nov 26, 1789, aiid soon after, commenced painting por- 
traits, to be introduced in these Historical pictures. 



86 JOHN TRUMBULL. 



Washington sat to him seven times for this purpose, as appears by 
the following entries in his diary, and also rode with him upon one oc- 
casion, in order that the artist should see him mounted. 

Wednesday, loth. (Feby. 1790). Sat from 9 until 11 o'clock for Mr. 
Trumbull, to draw my picture in his historical pieces. 

Friday, I2th. Sat from 9 o'clock until 1 1, for Mr. John Trumbull, for 
the purpose of drawing my picture. 

Monday, 15th. Sat between 9 and 1 1, for Mr. John Trumbull. 

Thursday, iSth. Sat for Mr. Trumbull from 9 o'clock till lO. 

Saturday, 20th. Sat from 9 until 11, for Mr. Trumbull. 

Saturday, 27th. Sat for Mr. Trumbull this forenoon. 

March, 1790. Monday, ist. Exercised on horseback this forenoon, 
attended by Mr. John Trumbull, who wanted to see me mounted. 

Thursday, 4th. Sat from 9 until half after 10 o'clock for Mr. Trum- 
bull. 

In the summer of that year (1790), Trumbull painted for the city of 
New York, a full length portrait of Washington. This picture, which 
has not been engraved, is now in the Mayor's Office in tlie City Hall. 

The artist, describes it in his autobiography as follows: "I repre- 
sented him in full uniform, standing by a white horse, leaning his arm 
upon the saddle; in the background a view of Broadway in ruins, as 
it then was, the old fort at the termination ; British ships and boats, 
leaving the shore, with the last of the officers and troops of the 
evacuating army, and Staten Island in the distance. Every part of 
the detail of the dress, horse, furniture, etc., as well as the scenery, 
was accurately copied from the real objects." 

The full length painted by Trumbull, now in the " Yale School of 



JOHN TRUMBULL. 87 

Fine Arts," at New Haven, and so well known through the engrav- 
ings of it by Cheesman and Warner, was painted in Philadelphia. Its 
history, is also furnished us by the artist. "In 1792 I was again in 
Philadelphia, and there painted the portrait of General Washington, 
which is now placed in the gallery at New Haven, the best certainly of 
those which I painted, and the best, in my estimation, which exists, in 
his heroic military character. The city of Charleston, S. C, instructed 
William R. Smith, one of the representatives of South Carolina, to em- 
ploy me to paint for them a portrait of the great man, and I undertook 
it coil aviore (as the commission was unlimited), meaning to give his 
military character, in the most sublime moment of its exertion — the 
evening previous to the battle of Princeton ; when viewing the vast 
superiority of his approaching enemy, and the impossibility of again 
crossing the Delaware, or retreating down the river, he conceives the 
plan of returning by a night march, into the country from which he 
had just been driven, thus cutting off the enemy's communication, 
and destroying his depot of stores and provisions at Brunswick. I 
told the President my object ; he entered into it warmly, and, as the 
work advanced, we talked of the scene, its dangers, its almost desper- 
ation. He looked the scene again, and I happily transferred to the 
canvas, the lofty expression of his animated countenance, the high 
resolve to conquer or to perish. The result was in my own opinion 
eminently successful, and the general was satisfied. But it did not 
meet the views of Mr. Smith. He admired, he was personally 
pleased, but he thought the city would be better satisfied w ith a more 
matter-of-fact likeness, such as they had recently seen him — calm, 
tranquil, peaceful. 



88 JOHN TRUMBULL. 



" Oppressed as the President was with business, I was reluctant to 
ask him to sit again. I however waited upon him, stated Mr. Smith's 
objection, and he cheerfully submitted to a second penance, adding, 
'Keep this picture for yourself, Mr. Trumbull, and finish it to your own 
taste.' I did so — another was painted for Charleston agreeable to their 
taste — a view of the city in the background, a horse, with sceneiy, and 
plants of the climate ; and when the State Society of Cincinnati of Con- 
necticut dissolved themselves, the first picture, at the expense of some 
of the members, was presented to Yale College." 

Besides the portraits introduced in his historical pictures of "Tren- 
ton," "Princeton," "Surrender of Cormvallis," and "The Resignation 
at Annapolis," he painted in Philadelphia, in May, 1793, a head, the 
size of life; this is in the collection at New Haven. When the Hon. 
John Jay was appointed in 1794, envoy extraordinary to Great 
Britain, to negotiate a treaty of peace and commerce between the two 
nations, Trumbull accompanied him as secretary, and was afterwards 
appointed the fifth commissioner, to carry into execution the seventh 
article of the treaty. He returned to the United States in 1804, and 
resumed his pencil in New York. After another visit to London, of 
some duration, he finally returned to his native country in i8i6. 

The Trumbull collection, now in the building of "The Yale School 
of Fine Arts," Yale College, New Haven, contains Fifty-five pictures 
painted by him, conveyed to the College, December 19, 1831, in con- 
sideration of an annuity of one thousand dollars, to be paid during his 
natural life, and certain other stipulations as to their use and preser- 
vation. 

Colonel Trumbull was President of the " American Academy of the 



JOHN TRUMBULL. 89 

Fine Arts," for nine years, from 1816 to 1825. He died at New York, 
on the tenth day of November, 1843. 

Trumbull makes no allusion in his autobiography, to the picture 
engraved by Valentine Green. According to the inscription of the 
print, it was published in 178 1, the picture having been painted the 
previous year. The artist reached London on his first visit, in Au- 
gust, 1780, and lay there in prison, from November to June, of the fol- 
lowing year. Upon his release he went to Amsterdam, and visited 
M. De Neufville (stated on the print to have been the owner of the 
painting), at whose house he resided until August, when he left for 
America, reaching home in June, 17S2. The print must have been 
known to him, and the presumption is, that he painted the picture to 
please M. De Neufville, but was unwilling to acknowledge it. If 
executed by him, the measurements of the engraver being probably 
correct, it establishes one fact, that the former Aid placed a sufficiently 
high standard, upon his Commander-in-Chief. The head in this print, 
resembles Peale. 

The figure, is repeated in the print by Misa, and in the one by an 
unknown engraver, bearing the additional title "Marshal of France," 
which appears on no other engraved portrait of Washington, and the 
head alone, in the print by Sherwin. The plate by Le Roy, is an 
exact copy of the Valentine Green. The print by Monin, is probably 
a variation of the full length, painted for the city of Charleston, some 
of the details, agreeing with the description of that picture, given by 
the painter himself. 

With these exceptions, and the one by Blanchard, the engravings 
in the list, are all fair renderings of the Trumbull Portrait, at New 
12 



90 JOHN TRUMBULL. 



Haven. The whole picture, is best known through the excellent print 
by Cheesman, which is said to have been engraved, under the super- 
intendence of the artist himself, and the one by Warner, published in 
Philadelphia. The head by Durand, is a beautiful example of the 
burin, and the plate by II. B. Hall, engraved from a pencil sketch 
(Trumbull was peculiarly successful in this way), is one of that en- 
graver's best efforts, and very satisfactory. 

The print by Blanchard, in which a military cloak is thrown around 
the shoulders, is among the best engraved Washington portraits, but 
in expression, particularly noticeable about the mouth and eyes, is not 
very close to the original. It was engraved from a drawing by 
Couder, who seems to have taken some liberties with Trumbull. 

138. BANNISTER. 

G. WASHINGTON. Half length in uniform, Head to left. 

Mezzotinto. 
Height 4 10-16 inches; width 3 10-16 inches. 

J. Bannister. 

139. BLANCHARD, 

WASHINGTON. Full Bust in uniform, a cloak around the left shoulder. 

Head to left. Line. 

Height 8 6-16 inches; width 6 6-16 inches. 

Dessin^ par Couder. Gravd par A. Blanchard. "Dedie a S. E. le 
G^n^ral Jackson President des Etats-Unis d'Amerique, Par Son tres 
respectueux admirateur le Typographe N. Bettoni." 

140. BURT. 

WASHINGTON. Half length in uniform, Head to left. Vignette. 

Etched. 
Height 4 4-1G inches; width 3 4-16 inches. 

[Washington and His Generals. By J. T. Headley. New York i<S47.] 



JOHN TRUMBULL. 91 



141. CHEESMAN. 

GENERAL WASHINGTON. Full length in uniform, Head to the left, 
a field glass in the extended right hand, the left on sword hilt at his side. 
In the rear, a soldier with a horse, and in the extreme background, the 
representation of a battle, (Trenton.) At his feet, a dismounted cannon. 

Stipple. 

Height 25 616 inches; width 17 7-16 inches. 

Painted by John Trumbull Esq''. Engraved by T. Cheesman. 
London Published by A. C. De Foggi N' 91 New Bond Street June 1 796. 

Iia?e. 

Engraved under the superintendence of the Painter. Proofs, are before the outer dotted 
line of border. It was also printed in colors. 



142. COUCHE. 

G'^'- WASHINGTON. Bust in uniform. Head to right. Vignette. 

Etched. 

Height 3 11-16 inches; width 3 4-16 inches. 

Couch^ fils so. 

143. DAGGET. 

WASHINGTON. Full length in uniform. (Fully described, in the Print 
by T. Cheesman, No. 141.) Stipple. 

Height 5 2-i6 inches; width 3 7-16 inches. 

Engraved by A. Daggett from the original Painting by Colonel Trum ■ 
bull. Published by Nathan Whiting New Haven Con. 

[History of the War of Independence of the United States of America. 
By Charles Botta. New Haven 1S34.] 

Later impressions without the address, have the Title, " Washington at Trenton N. 
Jersey January 2^ '777." and a reference to the painting, in five lines. 



92 JOHN TRUMBULL. 



144. DURAND. 

GEORGE WASHINGTON. Half length in uniform, Head to left. 

Line. 
Height 4 8-l6 inches; width 3 10-16 inches. 

Eng. by A. B. Durand from the full length Portrait by Col. Trum- 
bull belonging to Yale College. (Copy Right 1834.) 

[The National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans. Phila- 
delphia 1834.] 

145. GEOFFROY. 

WASHINGTON. Bust in uniform, Head to left. Vignette. Stipple. 

Height 3 S-16 inches; width 3 8-16 inches. 
Geoffroy sc. Publie par Furne Paris. 

146. GIMBER. 

GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON. Bust in uniform, Head to left. 
Circular medallion, heading to an imperial folio sheet, containing "The 
Declaration of Independence," surrounded by Fifteen other medallions, 
two of which, contain Portraits of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, and 
the others, the coats of arms of the thirteen original States. Stipple. 

Diameter 3 5-16 inches. 

Published by Phelps 6^ Ensign 7^ Bowery N. Y. 

147. GREEN. 

GENERAL WASHINGTON. Full length in uniform, standing upon a 
rocky eminence near a river. The right hand holding a hat, rests upon 
his sword hilt, while the left in which is a scroll, the arm across the 
body, is pointing to a fortification upon the opposite Bank. In the 
bend of the river, in the rear, shipping enveloped in smoke, and to the 
right, a negro servant with a horse, browsing, his fore-parts only visible. 
In the lower margin, an Indian holding a shield, bearing the Washing- 
ton Arms. Mezzotinto. 
Height 23 inches; width i5 inches. 



JOHN TRUMBULL. 93 

Painted by J. Trumbull Esq' of Connecticut 1780. Engraved by V. 
Green Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty & to the Elector Palatine. 
Engrav'd from the original Picture in the Possession of M. De Neuf- 
ville of Amsterdam. Published by Appointment of M. De Nci/fvil/e 
/any 15"' 1 781 by V. Green N" 29 Newman Street, Oxford Street Lon- 
don. Rare. 

148. HALL. 

G. WASHINGTON. Bust in uniform, Head to left. Vignette, with a 
background ruled to a rectangle. Etched. 

Height 4 12-16 inches; width 3 10-16 inclies. 

Etched by Alice Hall aged iS, New York 1866. 

[Crumbs for Antiquarians. By Charles I. Bushnell. New York, 
1864-66. Privately Printed.] 

149, HALL. 

GEORGE WASHINGTON. Bust in uniform, Head to left. Vignette. 

Line. 

Height 4 inches; width 4 4-16 inches. 

Eng* by H. B. Hall Morrisania N. Y. from the original by Col. 
Trumbull. (Private Plate.) 

150. ILLMAN & SONS. 

GEORGE WASHINGTON. Full length in uniform. Head to left. 
(Fully described, in the print by T. Cheesman, No. 141.) Vignette. 

Line. 
Height 10 inches; width 7 6-16 inches. 

Engraved and printed by Illman & Sons. 

151. LE ROY. 

G. WASHINGTON. Full length in uniform, standing upon an eminence 
near a river. Inclosed with a border, the Title in a Tablet in the lower 
part. Line. 

Height 7 inches; width 4 9-16 inches. 



94 JOHN TRUMBULL. 



J. Trumbull Pinx. J" le Roy sculp. 

[Essais historiques et politique sur les Anglo-Americaines et sur la 
Revolution de I'Amerique Septentrionale Par M. Milliard D'Auberteuil. 
Bruxelles 1781.] 

A copy in reverse, of the print by Valentine Green, No. 147. The border was re- 
moved, previous to its being used in the Book. It is e.xtreuiely rare in the early state. 

152. MISA. 

GEORGE WASHINGTON Les Herds liberateur de sa patrie ne en 
1732 MORT A LA FIN DE 1 799. FuU figure in uniform, standing upon a 
rock near a river. The right arm is across the body, a chapeau in the 
left hand. To the left a Palm tree. Line. 

Height 46-16 inches; width 3 inches. 
Maria Misa so. 

A variation as respects the Landscape and omission of the horse, of the print by 
Valentine Green, No. 147. The objects are also quite diminutive. 



153. MONIN. 

WASHINGTON. Full length in uniform; in the extended right hand a 
field glass, the left on sword hilt at his side. In the left distance, a 
soldier v^ith a horse, and a Palm tree in the right. Vignette. Mixed. 

Height 6 inches; width 48-16 inches. 
E. Monin sc. Guernied del. 
Only one impression of this, has come under the notice of the writer. 

154, READ. 
G. WASHINGTON. Half length in uniform, Head to left. SliJ>pie. 

Height 4 inches; width 3 2 16 inches. 

Eng. by Read from the full length Portrait by Col. Trumbull belong 
ing to Yale College. George Willis, Great Piazza, Covent Garden. 

[Life of George Washington. By John Corry. Dublin, iSoi.] 



JOHN TRUMBULL. 95 

155. ROGERS. 

GENERAL WASHINGTON. Full length in uniform. (Fully described, 
in the print by T. Cheesman, No. 141.) Line. 

Height 6 11-16 inches; width 4 9-16 inches. 

Engraved by John Rogers from the Picture by Col. Trumbull. 

[The Life of George Washington. By Benson J. Lossing. New- 
York, i860.] 

156. SHERWIN. 

GEN'- WASHINGTON. Bust, full face. Oval. Lme. 

Height 3 4-16 inches; width 2 l2-i6 inches. 

Published according to the act of Parliament May the 10'* 1783 by /. 
K. Sherwin N" 28 S' James Street Gf Will"' Hinton N" 5 Sweeting's 
Alley Cornhill. Pare. 

Copy of the head, in the print by Valentine Green, No. 147. 

157. TUCKER. 

GEORGE WASHINGTON. Full length, in uniform. (Fully described, 
in the print by T. Cheesman, No. 141, but in reverse.) Line. 

Height 6 14-16 inches; width 4 S-16 inches. 

Engraved by W. E. Tucker from an original Painting. 

[Pictorial Life of Geo. Washington. By J. Frost, L. L. D. Phila- 
delphia, 1848.] 

158. WARNER. 

GEN. WASHINGTON (on the Battle Field at Trenton). Full 
length, in uniform. (Fully described, in the print by T. Cheesman, No. 
141-) Mezzo f into. 

Height 24 13-16 inches; width 17 S-16 inches. 



96 



JOHN TRUMBULL. 



Engraved by W. Warner from the original picture by Col. John 
Trumbull in possession of Yale College N. Haven. Published by 
Wright &" Graves Phila. (Copy Right 1S45.) 



159- • 

WASHINGTON. Bust in uniform, Head to left. Oval. 

Height 3 4-16 inches; width 2 lo-l5 inches. 



Etched. 



160. . 

HIS EXCELLENCY GEORGE WASHINGTON Comm.-vnder in chief 
OF THE American Armies, Marshal of France &c. Full length in 
uniform standing, an open scroll in his right hand, inscribed "Freedom 
established by Valour and Perseverance." The left arm is across the 
body. Beneath his feet, flags and two scrolls, marked "Stamp Act," 
and "Boston Port Bill," and near by, two Books labelled "Acts of 
Par." and "Brit. Stat." In the air, a figure of Fame with trumpet, 
advancing to the left, in the act of crowning him with a laurel wreath. 

Lifie. 
Height 6 S-16 inclies; width 47-16 inches. 

Extremely rare. 

The figure in this, is the same as in the print by Valentine Green, No. I47, the acces- 
sories varied as above described. 



ARCHIBALD ROBERTSON. 
1791. 

Was born near Aberdeen, Scotland, in 1765. He showed an early- 
disposition for art, and after receiving a collegiate education, went to 
Edinburgh, in 1782, to study painting, associating himself with 
Raeburn, (afterwards so justly celebrated as a portrait painter), and 
some others, for the purpose of mutual improvement. After practic- 
ing his art in Aberdeen and Edinburgh, he went to London in 1788, 
and under the advice of Sir Joshua Reynolds, then President of the 
Royal Academy, gained admission to the schools. He afterwards 
returned to Scotland, and pursued his profession with success. 

Being solicited to settle in America, he determined to come to the 
United States, and landed at New York on the second day of October, 
1791. 

In the month of December following, Robertson visited Philadel- 
phia, then the seat of government, to deliver to President Washington, 
from the Earl of Buchan, the celebrated box made from the wood of 
the oak tree, which sheltered Sir William Wallace after his defeat at 
the battle of Falkirk, which had been intrusted to him for that pur- 
pose. In the letter presenting the box and introducing Mr. Robert- 
son, the Earl requested that His Excellency would have the goodness 
to send him his portrait, that he might place it among those he most 
honored, and that he would like it to be from the pencil of Mr. 
Robertson. 

13 (97) 



98 ARCHIBALD ROBERTSON. 

The President, in compliance with this request, sat to Mr. Robertson 
for a miniature, on the afternoon of December 13, 1791, which was 
finished in January of the following year. From this, a large picture 
was painted in oil for the Earl, and transmitted to him, Washington 
referring to that fact in a letter to the Earl, dated May I, 1792, in 
which he says, "The manner of the execution of it does no discredit 
I am told to the artist, of whose skill favorable mention has been 
made to me." The artist retained the miniature. 

Mr. Robertson made New York his permanent residence, and fol- 
lowed his profession successfully for many years, confining himself to 
water colors and crayons, having found oil painting injurious to his 
health. He died at an advanced age. 

Of the five prints included in the following list, only one, that by 
Dudensing, is inscribed as being after the Robertson miniature, the 
others, all by foreign engravers, while not presenting precisely the 
same portrait, bear some resemblance to it, and to each other, and arc 
therefore classed therewith. 

161. BOLT. 

G. WASHINGTON 1796. Bust, head three quarters to right. Oval. 

Stipple. 
Height 2 14-16 inches; width 2 3-16 inches. 

F. Bolt f. 1796. Rare. 

162. DUDENSING. 

GEORGE WASHINGTON. Bust, head three quarters to right. 
Oval. Stipple. 

Height 3 S-16 inches; width 2 14-16 inches. 



ARCHIBALD ROBERTSON. 99 

From the original miniature on Ivory, Painted from life by Arch* 
Robertson, in Philadelphia, in December 1791. Elias Dexter, 564 
Broadway New York, 1866. 

163. GRAINGER. 

GEO. WASHINGTON. Bust, head three quarters to right. Oval, with 
border upon a Pedestal, in a rectangle, a large open scroll in front. 
To the right a sword and scales, and to the left a Liberty cap, and oak 
branches. Line. 

Height 7 inches; width 4 inches. 

Grainger sculpt. Published as the act directs July i. 1794 by H. D. 
Symonds Paternoster Row. 

[View of the American United States. By W. Winterbotham. Lon- 
don, 1795] 

164. GRAINGER. 

GEO. WASHINGTON. Bust, head three quarters to right. Oval. 

Line. 
Height 3 10-16 inches; width 2 13-16 inches. 

W. Grainger Sculp'. Published as the act directs Oct. 25. 1794 by IT. 
D. Symonds Paternoster Row. 

[View of the American United States. By W. Winterbothain. Lon- 
don, 1795.] 

165. KRETHLOW. 

GEORGE WASHINGTON. Bust, head three quarters to right. 

Stipple. 
Height 3 5-16 inches; width 2 9-16 inches. 

Nach Frey. gest. V. Krethlow. Zwickau, b. d. Geb. Schumann. 1818. 



GIUSEPPE CERACCHI. 

1792. 

Was born in Corsica about the year 1740, and when quite a youth, 
went to Rome to become a sculptor, studying under Canova. He 
attained a high rank in the art, and was employed by the Pope in 
conjunction with his master, in designing and executing works for the 
Pantheon. 

In 1772, Ceracchi visited London and was well received, executing 
among others, a bust of Sir Joshua Reynolds then President of the 
Royal Academy. 

An ardent Republican, Ceracchi conceived the design of executing 
a monument to Liberty in America, and for this purpose crossed the 
Atlantic. He arrived at Philadelphia in the year 1791, and prepared 
the model of a great work, designed to be one hundred feet in height, 
of statuary marble, and the cost was estimated at thirty thousand 
dollars. Washington favored the design, but Congress however did 
not feel itself authorized to expend money in such a manner, and the 
sculptor was disappointed. 

Ceracchi modelled a bust of Washington from life. This head, 
although rather severe in style, is claimed to be an admirable repre- 
sentation of the hero, and the man. The mouth, is particularly re- 
marked for its fidelity of expression. 

It was purchased by the Spanish Ambassador as a gift to the Prince 
(100) 



GIUSEPPE CERACCHI. 



of Peace, then at the height of his power at Madrid ; before the bust 
reached Spain, Godoy was exiled, and the minister recalled, who on 
his arrival transferred it to Richard Meade Esqr. of Philadelphia, in 
whose family it remained until 1857, when it was purchased by Gouv- 
erneur Kemble of New York. He also repeated it in colossal size, a 
cast of which, was for a long time, in the New York Academy of Fine 
Arts. 

Ceracchi returned to Europe in 1795. He entered into a conspiracy 
against Napoleon, was detected, and guillotined on the thirtieth day 
of January 1802. 

We have but two prints after this Bust, those by Prud'homme and 
H. B. Hall, the latter being the most characteristic, and the best known. 



166. HALL. 

WASHINGTON. Bust in profile to left, Head filletted. Vignette. 

Stipple. 

Height 3 6-i6 inches; width 3 inches. 

H. B. Hall. From the Bust by G. Ceracchi taken from life (now in 
possession of Gouverneur Kemble Esqr. Cold Spring.) Engraved for 
Irving' s Washington. 

167, PRUD'HOMME. 

WASHINGTON. Bust, upon a pedestal, Head nearly in profile to left. 
Vignette, inclosed by a single line. Stipple. 

Height 3 9-16 inches; width 2 14-16 inches. 

Drawn by J. G. Chapman from the original bust by Cerraci. Engv'd 
by J. F. E. Prud'homme. 

[A Life of Washington. By James K. Paulding. New York, 1S35.] 



WILLIAMS. 



1794. 

On the second day of July 1792, Mr. Williams, (his Christian name 
is not given), presented to the First President, a letter of introduction 
from Henry Lee Governor of Virginia, favoring a desire on the part of 
the bearer, to paint the portrait of His Excellency. This, Washington 
refused, as appears by the following letter to the Governor dated at 
Philadelphia the following day, (July 3rd). 

"Dear Sir. Your letter of the 20th ultimo was presented to me 
yesterday by Mr. Williams, who as a professional man may or may 
not be for aught I know, a lumina:y of the first magnitude. But to be 
frank, and I hope you will not be displeased with me for being so, I 
am so heartily tired of the attendance, which, from one cause or an- 
other has been given to these people, that it is now more than two 
years since I have resolved to sit no more for any of them, and have 
adhered to it, except in instances where it has been requested by public 
bodies or for a particular purpose (not of the painters), and could not 
without offence be refused. I have been led to make this resolution 
for another reason, besides the irksomeness of sitting, and the time I 
lose by it, which is, that these productions have in my estimation been 
made use of as a sort of tax on individuals, by being engraved, and 
that badly, and hawked about or advertised for sale." 

Mr. Williams however persevered in his purpose, and acting upon 
the hint conveyed in the above quoted letter, offered to compliment 

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103 



the Alexandria Washington Lodge, (Masonic), No. 22, with a Portrait 
of the President, provided they would make application to him, for that 
purpose. This offer was brought before the Lodge at a meeting held 
August 29, 1793, and being received with favor, the application was 
ordered to be made. 

Being thus armed, Mr. Williams met with better success than in his 
first effort, as appears by the following extract from the records of the 
Lodge, October 25, 1794. "Mr. Williams having offered to the Lodge 
a drawing of our worthy Brother George Washington President of the 
United States, the same is received, and in consequence of the trouble 
and expense Mr. Williams was at in going to and coming from Phila- 
delphia, it is proposed that the members of the Lodge pay him Fifty 
Dollars, to be raised by voluntary subscription." 

The artist, not satisfied with this amount, asked in the following 
month for further compensation, which however was refused, the 
Lodge considering the Fifty Dollars in the light of a gratuity, inas- 
much as the application to the President was made at the request of 
Mr. Williams, who proposed should it be successful, to compliment 
them with the portrait, promising himself great pecuniary advantage 
by the sale of copies. 

This portrait, which is inscribed on the back of the canvas, " His 
Excellency George Washington Esquire President of the United States, 
aged 64 — Williams Pinxit ad vivum in Philadelphia, September 18, 
1794," is in possession of the Alexandria Washington Lodge, No. 22, 
and was engraved for a frontispiece to a work by Sidney Hayden, 
entitled, "Washington and his Masonic Compeers," from which we 
make the quotations. 



104 WILL JAMS. 



This Masonic portrait, wliich represents Washington witli the collar 
and jewel of a Past Master, if fairly rendered in the print by O'Neill, is 
such a feeble attempt almost amounting to a caricature, that we are 
not surprised at the refusal of the Lodge to pay the painter of it, any 
thing more than his travelling expenses. However valuable it may be 
in the estimation of the order, the knowledge of such a production 
should have remained among the arcana of the Lodge Room, and it 
is to be regretted, that it was thought proper to engrave it. 



168. O'NEILL, 

WASHINGTON. Half length, in Masonic dress as a Past Master, head 
to right. Vignette. Mixed. 

Height 5 inches; wicUh 4 inches. 

O'Neill N. Y. Engraved from the Portrait, painted from life by 
Williams, for Alexandria Washington Lodge, N" 22, Virginia, 1794- 

[Washington and his Masonic Compeers. By Sidney Hayden. New 
York, 1866.] 



WALTER ROBERTSON. 

1794. 

Who, according to Dunlap, was an Irish gentleman, came to Ame- 
rica in the same vessel with Gilbert Stuart upon his return in 1793, 
landing at New York. 

Robertson went to Philadelphia in advance of Stuart, and painted a 
miniature of Washington, which Robert Field, a miniature painter as 
well as an engraver, refers to in a letter to Robert Gilmore of Balti- 
more, dated Philadelphia, January 13, 1795, as follows: "Mr. Robert- 
son's miniature of the President is as good a likeness and as fine a 
piece of painting as I ever saw. I have engaged to engrave it the 
same size with some ornaments to surround and make it more inter- 
esting, but as Mr. R. is determined to go to India early in the sum- 
mer, he has declined the large plate, and offers to sell me the picture, 
which I should be glad to purchase, if the price he asks was not so 
extravagant, (viz. 1000 Dolls.) tho' it might be worth while even on 
those terms, if it was in my power. I have assistance offered me, 
but am fearful to engage so largely." 

Dunlap, in speaking of Robertson, doubts whether Washington sat 
for this portrait, one reason being given that he is represented with a 
black stock, an article of dress which he affirms, Washington never 
wore, but besides the positive assertion that it was a good likeness 
and well painted, the tone of Field's letter indicates that lie considered 
it an original. 

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Tliis miniature, only known to us through the engraving by Field, 
represents Washington in uniform with a black neckerchief, the coat 
drawn together by a single button. The head is well drawn, the face 
full and rounded, and in some respects it resembles the last portrait 
by the elder Peale, painted in the autumn of 1795. The engraving is 
well executed, the ornamentation for the plate being designed by J. J. 
Barralet, an eccentric fellow countryman of Robertson's residing in 
Philadelphia. 

Robertson subsequently went to the East Indies, where he died. 

Robert Field the engraver of this print, an Englishman by birth, 
was an excellent miniature painter. He painted two copies of Stuart's 
first portrait of Washington, which are admirable examples of the 
art. One of these, was presented by Mrs. Washington, after the de- 
cease of her husband, to Tobias Lear his private Secretary ; it is now 
in possession of his grand-daughter, Mrs. Wilson Eyre, of Newport, 
and the other, which was painted for Thomas Meredith, son of Samuel 
Meredith, first Treasurer of the United States, is now owned by Charles 
C. Moreau, of New York. Field practiced in Boston, Philadelphia, 
and Baltimore, and was at Mt. Vernon in 1798. He went to Canada 
about the commencement of the century, studied theology, was or- 
dained a priest of the established church, and finally became a 
Bishop. 

The prints by Houston and Tisdale in the following list, vary con- 
siderably from the one by Field, but although much changed, they 
appear to be founded on it; that by Tisdale omits the black necker- 
chief. The others are copies of the Field. 



WALTER ROBERTSON. 107 

169. FIELD. 

GEORGE WASHINGTON President of the United States. Full 
Bust in uniform, with black neckerchief, Head to right. Oval, with 
narrow scroll border. On the point of a straight sword, which extends 
from the top of the oval, is a liberty cap, and across the middle the 
word "Libertas," surrounded by a laurel wreath; rays diverge from 
the wreath, losing themselves in clouds. Beneath the oval an eagle 
in clouds, with a long ribbon in his mouth the ends over his wings, in- 
scribed "EPluribus Unum." At each side, flags and palm branches 
reaching to the top. The whole, inclosed with two slight lines. 

SfiJ>J>le. 
Height II 13-16 inches; width 9 3-16 inches. 

Painted by W. Robertson. Jon. Jas. Barralet Invenit 1795. En- 
grav'd by R. Field. Published by Walter Robertson, Philadilphia &" 
JS/ew York V' August 1795. 

Only two impressions of this print, have come under the notice of the writer. 
170. . 

GEORGE WASHINGTON President of the United States. Full 
Bust in uniform, with black neckerchief. Head to right. Oval, with 
narrow scroll border. Above the oval, a star with rays, and beneath, 
an eagle in clouds, with a long ribbon in his mouth the ends over his 
wings, inscribed "E Pluribus Unum." At each side, flags and palm 
branches reaching to the top. The whole, inclosed with two slight 
lines. Stipple. 

Height II 4-16 inches; width 9 inches. 

Robertson Pinxt. Walker Excudit. Very rare. 

V«'ith the exception of the star, in place of the sword above the oval, this is a close 
copy of the preceding print. 

171. HOUSTON, 

GENERAL WASHINGTON, President of the United States of 
Amfrica. Bust in uniform, with black neckerchief. Head slightly to 
right. In tlie lower margin, a figure of Liberty seated upon an Eagle, 



io8 WALTER ROBERTSON. 

bearing a shield (the Washington Arms), and at her feet a cornucopia. 
To the right, a liberty cap upon an upright sword. Oval, in a rec- 
tangle. Stipple. 
Height 10 inches; width 8 2-16 inches. 

J. J. Barralet del. H. Houston sculpt. 

Only one impression of this, has come under the notice of the writer. It is in the 
" Phillips Colleclion" of engravings, " Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts." 

172. ROLLINSON, 

G. WASHINGTON, President of the United States. Full Bust in 
uniform, with black neckerchief, Head to right. Oval. Stipple. 

Height 3 13-16 inches; width 2 14-16 inches. 

Rollinson sculpt. PiiblislCd by I. Reid New York 1796. 

[An. Historical, Geographical, and Philosophical View of the United 
States of America, &c. By W. Winterbotham. i"' Am. Ed. New 
York, 1796.] 

173. TISDALE. 

GEN^ WASHINGTON. Full Bust in uniform, Head and Bust three 
quarters to left. Oval, with border in a rectangle ; beneath the oval, 
a representation of a review, entitled "Gen' Washington takes command 
of the American Army at Cambridge July j** 1775." Line. 

Height 6 S-16 inches; width 3 14-16 inches. 

Tisdale sc. Engrav'd for C. Smith N. York. Very rare. 

[The American AVar from 1775 to 17S3, with Plans. By Charles 
Smith. New York, 1797.] 



174. . 

GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON. Full Bust in uniform, with 
black neckerchief, Head to right. Oval, with narrow scroll border. 

Stipple. 
Height 4 4-16 inches; width 3 7-16 inches. 

Very rare. 
[Dublin University Magazine.] 



SAMUEL FOLWELL. 

1795- 

Miniature Painter, of whom little is known, was practicing his art 
in Philadelphia, the latter part of the last, and the beginning of the 
present century. The Profile of Washington in the possession of the 
"Historical Society of Pennsylvania," inscribed 5. Folwell Pinxt. 1795, 
is said to have been taken upon a public occasion, the President being 
unaware of the fact. It is drawn on paper, and solidly painted in 
India ink, with certain lights touched in, and as declared at the time, 
is certainly a most spirited and correct likeness. 

There is no engraving of this profile, but it has been reproduced on 
wood the same size as the original, height 3 1 2- 16 inches, width 22-16 
inches. Vignette, and published in "Annals and occurrences of New 
York City and State in the olden time," by John F. Watson. (Philadel- 
phia 1846.) 



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ADOLPH ULRIC WERTMULLER. 

1795- 

Portrait and figure painter, a native of Sweden, was born at Stock- 
holm, about the year 1750, and after acquiring the rudiments of art 
at home, went to Paris, where he studied and pursued his profession 
for several years. 

He gained considerable reputation, was elected a member of the 
Royal Academies of sculpture and painting, at Paris and Stockholm, 
and accumulated a respectable fortune, a greater part of which, was 
however lost in the financial troubles, of the early part of the French 
revolution. 

Wertmuller came to America in May, 1794, landing at Philadelphia, 
where he was well received. Some time during the following year, 
although a member of the family has questioned and indeed almost 
positively denied the statement, Washington is said to have given him 
a single sitting. This portrait, of which the artist made several copies, 
afterwards came into the possession of Mr. Cazenove, a Swiss gentle- 
man, who carried it with him upon his return to his native country. 
At the time of its being engraved by Hall it was owned by Charles 
Augustus Davis of New York, since deceased, who had purchased it 
a short time previous, from the grand-daughter of Mr. Cazenove. 

Wertmuller remained in this countiy until the autumn of 1796, when 
he returned to his native place, remaining there several years. Being 
again unfortunate in pecuniary matters, he re-embarked for America, 
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ADOLPH ULRIC WERTMULLER. 



arriving at Pliiladelphia, in iSoo, and in the following year, married a 
grand-daughter of Hesselius, Pastor of the Swedish congregation at 
Wilmington, Delaware, who brought him some property. Shortly 
after his marriage, WertmuUer purchased a farm below Marcus Hook 
on the Delaware, where he died October 5, 181 1. 

From this portrait, which, though well executed, cannot be consid- 
ered a characteristic likeness, lacking force and elevation, we have two 
engravings. In the one by Buttre, a military coat has been added ; 
this is incorrect, as the painting by WertmuUer represents Washington 
as a civilian. The print by Hall, which is the best, furnishes a good 
idea of the original. 



175. BUTTRE. 

GEORGE WASHINGTON. Bust in uniform, Head to right. Vignette. 

Stipple. 
Height 4 S-16 inches; width 4 inches. 

Engraved by J. C. Buttre. From the Portrait by WertmuUer. 



176. HALL. 

G. WASHINGTON. Bust, head to right. Vignette. Stipple. 

Height 5 S-16 inches; width 5 inches. 

A. WertmuUer S. P'. Phila. 1795. H. B. Hall. From the original 
Picture in the possession of Chas. Aug. Davis Esq. N. York. New 
York G. P. Putnam b' Co. 

[Life of George Washington. By Washington Irving. New York, 
1856-59.] 



GILBERT STUART. 

1795-96. 

This eminent Portrait painter was born at Narragansett, Rhode 
Island, December 3, 1755. His first lessons in art, were received 
from a Scottish painter named Cosmo Alexander, and by whom, 
when about eighteen years of age, he was taken to Edinburgli. His 
stay was, however brief, and upon his return, he practiced his art at 
Newport and Boston, but the war interfering with his prospects, he 
decided to transfer his easel to London, as a better field for operation. 

Here he received both aid and instruction from Benjamin West, 
who may not inaptly be termed, the Mecca of American painters, for 
all who were able to study abroad, seemed to turn to him, as their 
sure salvation. 

Stuart soon became known, and his portraits were highly esteemed. 
After painting in London for some years, he went to Dublin about 
the year 1788, where he painted many of the nobility. He returned 
to America in 1793, the love for his own country, his admiration of 
General Washington, and the very great desire he had to paint his 
portrait, being the inducements to turn his back upon his good for- 
tune in Europe. Landing in New York, he was kept constantly 
employed, until in furtherance of his purpose, he went to Philadel- 
phia. 

In the autumn (September,) of 1795, Stuart painted from life, his 
first portrait of Washington, and during the sitting, as he himself says, 
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GILBERT STUART. 



could find no subject, although he tried many, of sufficient interest to 
elicit the expression, he knew must accord with such features, and 
such a man. 

This porti-ait, in which the head is to the right, not proving satis- 
factory to the painter, was afterwards, as declared by himself, destroyed 
or rubbed out. Rembrandt Peale, however, has stated on the au- 
thority of Dr. Thornton, of the Patent Office, who was intimate with 
Stuart, that after five copies of it were made, it was sold to Winstanley, 
an English landscape painter, then in this country. Winstanley took 
it to London, where it was bought by Mr. Samuel Vaughan, after whose 
death it passed into the possession of the late Joseph Harrison, Jr., of 
Philadelphia. In connection with this statement, may be taken the 
inscription on the first engraved plate after Stuart, published in Lon- 
don, Nov. 2, 1796, which is as follows: "Engraved by S. Holloway, 
from a Picture painted by Mr. Stuart in 1795, in the possession of Sam- 
uel Vaughan Esqr." An impression from this plate, having been com- 
pared with the picture still in the possession of the Harrison family, 
substantiates the fact of its being an exact rendering of that Portrait. 

One of these copies, afterwards touched upon from life, became the 
property of Colonel George Gibbs, a warm and intimate friend of the 
painter ; it is now owned by his nephew, Dr. William F. Channing, of 
Providence, R. L* This is the portrait engraved from by Burt, which, 
while presenting an exeedingly fine production of the burin, has, 
through its faithfulness as a translation, made us familiar with an ef- 

* We are indebted to George C. Mason Esqr. of Newport R. I. author of the forthcoming 
" Life and Works of Gilbert Stuart," for the information respecting this Portrait, and also, for 
the dates of birth and death of the artist. 

It 



1 1 4 GILBER T STUAR T. 

fort of Stuart's, scarcely less important than the well known "Athen- 
2Eum Head," and certainly possessing marked traits of individuality. 

On the twelfth of April, 1796, Washington, at the request of Mrs. 
Bingham, sat to Stuart for a full length, to be presented to the Mar- 
quis of Lansdowne. For this picture, Stuart is said to have had but 
one sitting, the figure being painted from a person shorter in stature 
than Washington. Simultaneously with this, he executed one for Mr. 
Bingham, owned by "The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts," 
and another for William Constable, now in the possession of his 
Grandson, Henry E. Pierrepont Esqr., of Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Stuart subsequently painted another full length, but not from life, in 
which the right hand is resting upon the table and not extended, as if 
speaking, as in the Lansdowne picture. This is known as the "Tea 
Pot Portrait," from the disposition of the arms, and of which he made 
several replicas. Two of these pictures, are in the State Houses at 
Providence and Newport, R. I., one at Hartford, Conn., and another is 
owned by Robert Lenox Esqr., of New York. In these, the figure is 
turned more to the left, and is much better drawn than in the Lans- 
downe. Another full length, also not from life, is in military costume, 
standing by a horse ; it is in Faneuil Hall, Boston, and represents 
Washington at Dorchester Heights. 

After the picture was completed for Lord Lansdowne, Washington 
gave him a commission to paint the portraits of Mrs. Washington and 
himself. This portrait, known as the "Athenseum Head," was pur- 
posely left unfinished, and retained by the artist with the consent of 
Washington, the distinguished sitter being satisfied with a copy of it. 

The original, which was never afterwards touched upon, but left 



GILBER T STUAR T. 115 

vignette, in the same state as when the eyes of Washington rested 
upon it, was purchased after the death of Stuart, from his widow, in 
October, 1831, by the Washington Association of Boston, and other 
subscribers for fifteen hundred dollars, and presented to the Boston 
Athenaeum. 

Stuart made many copies of this head, always adding the bust, and 
it has been engraved time and time again. It is the best known of all 
the Washington portraits, and will doubtless retain its hold in the pop- 
ular mind, as the standard head. Stuart himself, however, considered 
it inferior to the Houdon bust, placing that first, and his head next. 
In making this statement, he at the same time referred to the fact that 
when he painted it, Washington had just had inserted a set of false teeth, 
which accounted for the constrained expression so noticeable about the 
mouth and lower part of the face, and that the Houdon bust does not 
suffer from this defect. 

Washington AUston, in an obituary notice of Stuart, published a few 
days after his decease, speaks of this head as follows : "A nobler per- 
sonification of wisdom and goodness, reposing in the majesty of a 
serene conscience, is not to be found on canvas." We doubt, whether 
any other form of expression, could convey a more complete realization 
of this remarkable production. 

After Congress removed to Washington, Stuart painted in that city 
for a few years, and then, in 1806, went to Boston, which place he 
made his permanent residence. Gilbert Stuart (he dropped a middle 
name, Charles, in early life) died July 27, 1828. 

The engravings after Stuart comprise very nearly one-half the num- 
bers of our Catalogue, and candor compels the statement that but few 
of them present good renderings of the originals. Quite a number of 



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those executed for books, possess but little artistic merit, and seem to 
have been engraved either from bad copies, or from other prints, in 
themselves not much better. Of the book plates engraved and pub- 
lished in this country in the early part of the centuiy, much however, 
should not be expected, as our engravers of that time can scarcely be 
classed as real practitioners, their opportunities for acquiring any posi- 
tive knowledge of the art being exceedingly slight, and the remune- 
ration in a corresponding ratio. 

The first engraving of the "Lansdowne Portrait," executed by Heath, 
and from which, perhaps, most if not all the others of the whole picture 
were copied, although not one of his best plates, is a good rendering 
of the original. The reputation of the engraver, its early publication 
and extensive circulation, have made it familiar to all, and its position 
in public estimation is assured and lasting. The publication of this 
print without the knowledge of Stuart, was a great disappointment and 
a source of considerable annoyance to him, inasmuch as he had arranged 
with Mr. Bingham for the reservation of the copyright. Of this, the 
Marquis of Lansdowne was not informed, an omission on the part of 
Mr. Bingham which the artist never forgave. The head and bust 
from this portrait, has been well given in the prints by Holl, Fittler, 
Fenner, Sears & Co., Ormsby, and Edwards. 

The best and most pronounced engravings after the "Athenasum 
Head," are those by Durand, Andrews, Marshall, Welch, and H. Wright 
Smith, the first three named being among the finest examples of en- 
graved portraiture as yet executed in this country, and all, close trans- 
lations of the original. 

The first portrait painted by Stuart, known as the "Vaughan Por- 
trait," is well rendered in the prints by Holloway and Ensom, those 



GILBER T STUAR T. 117 

by Ridley and Mackenzie, which appear to be from the same picture, 
being widely different. Of the full-length, known as the " Tea Pot 
Portrait," several engravings will be found in the appended list, those 
by Hills and Ritchie, furnishing perhaps, the best idea of the picture. 
The military portrait has been well engraved by Kelly. The heads 
engraved by Gimbrede and Rawdon may be intended as from this pic- 
ture, but if so, the intention has not been successfully carried out, 
particularly in the latter one. 

177. ANDREWS. 
WASHINGTON. Bust, head to left. Vignette. Line. 

Height 4 i2-l6 inches; width 3 8-i6 inches. 

From the original painting by Stuart taken from life, in possession of 
the Boston Athenceum. Engraved by Joseph Andrews. 

A fine example of pure line work, and one of this engraver's best efforts. It is a good 
rendering of the original. The plate engraved in 1S43, was destroyed in the great 
Boston fire of 1872. 

178. BAKER. 

GENERAL WASHINGTON. Bust, head to left. Oval. Line. 

Height 3 10-16 inches; width 2 12-16 inches. 
Engraved by J. Baker. Published May lo''^ iSoo by IF. Bent. 

179. BALCH. 

G. WASHINGTON. Bust, head to left. Vignette. Li7ie. 

Height 3 inches; width 2 10-16 inches. 

Eng'^ by V. Balch from a Painting by G. Stuart. 

[The Presidents of the United States, Their Memories and Adminis- 
trations. Nev? York, 1850.] 



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180. BALLIN. 

WASHINGTON. Full Bust in uniform, Head to left. On the left breast, 
the order of the Cincinnati. Vignette. Line. 

Heights 12-16 inches; width 4 inches. 

Ballin del. et sculp. Publie par Dnfour, Mulai et Boulanger. Imp. 
Gilquin et Dupain r. de la Calandre 19 Paris. 

A made up head, only slightly resembling Stuart. 



181. BANK NOTE CO. 
Bust, head to right. Oval. Line. 

Height 3-16 inch; width 2-l6 inch. 

This is the smallest engraved Portrait of Washington. The name of the Engraver, 
could not be ascertained. 

182. BATHER. 

G. WASHINGTON. Full Bust, head to left. Vignette. Stipple. 

Height 5 S-16 inches; width 4 S-l5 inches. 

Painted by G. Stuart. Engraved by J. G. Bather Jr. 

183. BAUMANN, 
G. WASHINGTON, Bust to right. Head turned to the left. Line. 

Height 48-16 inches ; width 33-16 inches. 
Dalla Libera. I. W. Baumann sc'. Mchn. 

Later impressions, " Printed and published by G. L. Langc at Darmstadt." .\ copy 
of the head by Longhi, No. 281. 



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184. BERTONNIER. 

WASHINGTON. Bust, head to right. Inclosed by two slight lines, 
surmounted by a Globe, over which is an Eagle, beneath a star emitting 
rays; at the sides and bottom, beautifully engraved wreaths. Flags &c. 
&c. Line. 

Height 2 4-16 inches; width I l2-l6 inches. 

Bertonnier sculpt. "Galerie Napoleon." Bernard Editeur Galerie 
Vivienne N". 49. 

This plate, all the ornaments, lines &c. being removed, was published with the Title 
"Washington (George)," in the " Iconographie instructive." Faris. De T Iinprimerie 
de Rignoux rue des Francs. Bourgeois S. Michel, No. 8. 

185. BEST, 

G. WASHINGTON. Head to the right. Oval, with ruled background. 

Line. 
Height 5 13-16 inches; width 5 inches. 

Engraved expressly for Graham's Magazine from the original Paint- 
ing by G. Stuart, by E. S. Best at J. M. Butler's establishment S4 
Chestnut St. 

186. BEST. 

G. WASHINGTON. Head to the right. Oval, with ruled background. 

Line. 

Height 3 inches; width 2 10-16 inches. 

[Godey's Ladys Book.] 

187. BURT. 

Full Bust, head to right. Line. 

Height 5 inches; width 3 I2-l6 inches. 

Stuart Pinx'. C. Burt sc. 

[A Popular History of the United States. By William CuUen Bryant. 
Vol. III. New York, 1879. Also, "The Life and Works of Gilbert 
Stuart." By George C. Mason. New York, 1879.] 



GILBERT STUART. 



A fine and finished production, and an extremely close rendering of the original. 
Stuart's touch and handling are admirably given. From the " Gibbs Portrait," referred 
to in the te.xt. This is the latest engraved Portrait of Washington. 

i88. BUTTRE. 

G. WASHINGTON. Full Bust, head to left. Vignette. MezzoHnto. 

Height 5 inches; width 4 4-16 inches. 
Painted by G. Stuart. Engraved by J. C. Buttre. 



189. BUTTRE. 
G. WASHINGTON. Bust, head to left. Oval. 

Height 6 7-16 inches; widih 5 4-16 inches. 
G. Stuart. J. C. Buttre. 



Mixed. 



190. BUTTRE. 

G. WASHINGTON. Bust, head to left. (Tea Pot Portrait.) Vignette. 

Mixed. 

Height 3 12-16 inches; width 3 4-16 inches. 
G. Stuart. J. C. Buttre. 

[Life of General Washington. By John N. Norton, A. M. New- 
York, 1S60.] 



191. BUTTRE. 

GEORGE WASHINGTON. Full Bust, head to left. Oval, in a rect- 
angle. In the angles, representations of scenes at Trenton, Princeton, 
Valley Forge, and Yorktown. Mixed. 

Height 13 S-16 inches; width 10 2-16 inches. 

Engraved and Published by J. C. Btitlrc 48 Franklin St. New York. 
(1S66.) Border Designed by W. Mornberger. 



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192. CASILEAR. 

Bust, head to left. The upper one, in an ornamented quarto sheet enti- 
titled, "The Presidents of the United States," containing portraits of 
Washington, John Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, John Quincy 
Adams and Andrew Jackson, in borders resembling picture frames, sus- 
pended on a wall. Line. 

Height 2 3-16 inches; width 2 inches. 

Designed by Robert W. Weir. Engraved by J. W. Casilear. From 
original and accurate portraits. Painted & engraved expressly for 
the New York Mirror. (Copy Right New York 1834.) 

193. CHAPMAN, 

GENERAL WASHINGTON. Bust in uniform, head to right. Stipple. 

Height 48-16 inches; width 36-16 inclies. 

J. Chapman sc. Published as the act directs Mar i, 1800. Rare. 

Subsequently published without engraver's name, as " Engraved for the Encylopsedia 
Londinensis 1S2S." A make up, based on the Stuart head. 

194. CHORLEY. 

GENERAL WASHINGTON. Full length, standing. The " Lansdowne 
Portrait." Fully described in the print by James Heath, No. 250. 

Line. 

Height 19 12-16 inches; width 13 inches. 

Painted by Gilbert Stuart 1797. Engraved by John Chorley, Boston. 
Printed by Pendleton Boston. 

195. CLARKE. 

G. WASHINGTON, WHO DEPARTED THIS Life, Dec" 14, 1799. Aged 
68. Bust, head to left. Circle, in a rectangle engraved to represent 
stone work. The title beneath the circle. Stipple. 

Height 2 10-16 inches; width 2 4-16 inches. 
16 



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T. C. Clarke sc. Sold by W. Spotswood. 

[The United States Gazetteer. By Joseph Scott. Philadelphia, 
1795] 

195. COIGNETO. 
WASHINGTON (GEORGE). Bust, head to right. Line. 

Height 2 4-16 inches; width i 12-16 inches. 

M°"' Coigneto sc. "Iconographie Instructive." 

197. DALL 'ACQUA. 

GIORGIO WASHINGTON. Full Bust, head to right. (Lansdowne.) 

Line. 
Height 5 inches; width 3 9-16 inches. 

Stuart pin. Dall 'Acqua inc. 

198. DAVENPORT. 

GENERAL WASHINGTON. Full length, head to left. The "Lans- 
downe Portrait." Fully described in the print by James Heath, No. 
250. Line. 

Height 4 inches; width 2 10-16 inches. 

Davenport sculp. London Published by Thomas Tegg (Sr* Son Cheap- 
side 1'' Dec'' 1835. 

[The Life and Times of General Washington. By Cyrus R. Edmonds. 
London 1835.] 

199, DELAISTRE. 
WASHINGTON. Bust, head to left. (Lansdowne.) Vignette. Etched. 

Height 3 S-16 inches; width 3 inches. 

Vernier del. Lemaitre dir. Delaistre sc. 



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200. DODD. 

Bust in uniform, head to right. Vignette. Line. 

pleight 2 inches; width I 8-16 inches. 

S. Dodd sc. Newark. 

Only one impression of this, has come under the notice of tlie writer. 

201. DONEY. 

WASHINGTON. Three quarter length, sitting, a dress sword in left 
forearm ; to the left, a table upon which is an inkstand, pen and up- 
right book. Oval, with border in a rectangle, ornamented corners. 

Mezzotinto. 

Height 12 io-l6 inches; width 9 13-16 inches. 

Painted by Stuart. Engraved by Doney. Published by Rice is' 
Allen corner of Burdick and Walter Sis. Kalamazoo Afick. 

From a picture painted by Stuart in 1822. 

202. DONEY. 

Bust, head to right. Mezzotinto. 

Height 4 12-16 inches; width 3 11-16 inches. 
This plate a very poor effort, was never lettered. 

203. DONEY. 

WASHINGTON. Three quarter length, head to left, the right hand on 
an upright book upon a table, the left upon the hilt of a dress sword 
held perpendicular. The back of an arm chair partly visible to the 
right, and the background formed by a recess, with pillars on each 
side. Mezzotinto. 

Height 13 12-16 inches; width 10 12-16 inches. 

Engraved by T. Doney. (Copyright by AVm. Pate, 1S65.) 
A copy of the print by A. H. Ritchie after P. F. Rothermel, No. 312. 



1 2 4 GJLBER T STUAR T. 

204. DOOLITTLE. 
GEORGE WASHINGTON. Bust, head to right. Oval. Stipple. 

Height 4 inches; width 3 7-16 inches. 

A. Doolittle sc. " Connecticut Magazine." Extremely rare. 

Only six numbers, of " The Connecticut Mag.izine or Gentleman's and Lady's 
Monthly Museum," published at Bridgeport, commencing January, 1801, and ending 
with the June number, were issued. This print is in the January number. 

205. DUPREEL. 

GEORGE WASHINGTON. Full Bust, head to right. (Lansdowne.) 

Line. 
Height 5 inches; width 3 Il-l6 inches. 

Stuart pinx'. Dupr^el sc. 

206. DURAND. 
WASHINGTON. Full Bust, head to left. Line. 

Height 4 9 16 inches; width 3 Il-l6 inches. 

Painted by G. Stuart. Engraved by A. B. Durand. From the 
original picture in the possession of the Athenxum, Boston. 

[The writings of George Washington. By Jared Sparks. Boston, 
1834-] 

Proofs have the artists' names "G. C. Stuart pt.," and "A. B. Durand sc," traced 
with the point. One of the best engraved portraits of \V.-ishington. A well printed, 
early impression, conveys to the mind of the observer, a sense of excellence, and taste 
of execution, which is extremely pleasing and satisfactory. 

207. EDWARDS. 

WASHINGTON. Full Bust, head to left. Oval, with arabesque border; 
beneath, the representation of a battle. "Trenton." Stipple. 

Height S inches; width 5 S16 inches. 

Stuart. Edwards. London George Virtue. 



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[The History of The United States of America. By W. H. Bartlett 
and B. B. Woodward, B.A. London and New York, 1856.] 



208. EDWIN. 

GEORGE WASHINGTON ESQ«. Bust, head to left. Oval. SHpple. 

Height S 11-16 inches; width 4 8-16 inches. 

Engraved from an original Picture by D. Edwin. T. B. Freeman 
Excudit. Philadelphia Published by T. B. Freeman May V' 1798. 

Extremely rare in this state. 

The impressions of this plate usually seen, are those taken after it was entirely worked 
over, the address and " T. B. Freeman Excudit," having been erased. They are com- 
paratively recent, lose much of the character of the original, and have the following in- 
scription in three lines. "Born FebT 22, 1732, took command of the American Army 
1775, elected President of the United States April so"" 1789, resign'd 1796, Died DeC 
14"' 1799," with the address of" I Scoles, New York." 

209. EDWIN. 

Bust, head to left. Oval. Stipple. 

Height 4 14-16 inches; width 4 2-16 inches. 

D. Edwin Fecit. Philadelphia Published Jany 1" iSoo by A. Dickins. 

[George Washington to the People of the United States Announcing 
his Intention of Retiring from Public Life. Philadelphia, 1800.] 

Also prefixed to " The Washingtoniana," Lancaster, 1S02. 

210. EDWIN. 

GEO. WASHINGTON. Full Bust, head to left. Stipple. 

Height 4 13-16 inches; width 4 inches. 

D. Edwin so. 

[The Life of George Washington Commander in Chief of the Ameri- 
can Forces, etc. etc. By John Marshall. Philadelphia, 1804.] 

Edwin engraved several of these Plates, some of which are still in existence, in order 
to supply the demand for the work. The variations are scarcely noticeable. 



126 GILBER T STUAR T. 



211. EDWIN. 

WASHINGTON. Full Bust, head to left. Ornamental border. 

Stipple. 

Height S inches; width 56-16 inches. 

Fhilad" Published by MA Milliette 320 Chestnut St. 

The impressions usually seen, have the address, " Philad' Published by Joseph 
Parker." 

212. EDWIN. 

GEORGE WASHINGTON General and Commander in chief of the 
American REVOLUTiONARy Army and first President of the United 
States. Bust, head to riglit. Oval. Stipple. 

Height 4 inches; width 3 5-16 inches. 
Edwin sc. 

[An Essay on the Life of George Washington Commander in Chief 
etc. etc. By Aaron Bancroft, A. A. S. Worcester, 1S07.] 



213. EDWIN. 

WASHINGTON, A Nations Joy. Full Bust, head to left. Oval. 

Stipple. 

Height 2 13-16 inches; width 2 2-16 inches. 

Edwin sc. 

[The Life of General George Washington. By John Kingston. 
Baltimore, 1S13.] 

214. EDWIN. 

Bust, head to left. Oval. Above it a star, and the words "Centenary 
Anniversary;" beneath, "Feb. 22. 1S32" and "We Perpetuate The 
Fine Arts." Stipple. 

Height 2 8-16 inches; width I 13-16 inches. 

"Printed during the Procession by the Association of Copper-plate 
Printers." Pub. by R. H. Jlobson 147 Chest. St. 



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This appears to be the preceding Plate, reduced. The Procession referred to, is the 
one which took place in Philadelphia Feby. 22. 1832, upon the occasion of tlie Centen- 
nial celebration, of the birthday of Washington. 

215. EDWIN, 

WASHINGTON. Bust, head to left. 

" Take him for all in all. 
We ne'er shall look upon his like again." 

Vignette. Stipple. 

Height 2 3-16 inches; width I 4-16 inches. 
Edwin sc. Rare. 

[A collection of American Epitaphs and Inscriptions, with occasional 
Notes. By Rev. Timothy Alden, A. M. New York, 1814.] 

216. EDWIN. 

HIS EXCELLENCY GEORGE WASHINGTON Lieu'' GEN'- or the 
Armies of the United States of America. Three quarter length in 
nniform, sitting, the order of the Cincinnati on the left breast. A sword 
lies in the right fore-arm, and a chart in the hand, the left hand resting 
upon that portion of it which is upon a table. A curtain drawn up at 
the right, reveals an encampment in the distance. In the lower margin, 
an Eagle displayed, with shield and motto, "E Pluribus Unum." 

Stipple. 

Height II 3-16 inches; width 8 10-16 inches. 

F. Bartoli Pinxt. D. Edwin sc. "Respectfully Dedicated to the 
Lovers of their Country and Firm Supporters of Its Constitution." f 

No information could be obtained of this painter F. Bartoli. The picture may have 
been made up for the purpose of being engraved, the Stuart head or a resemblance to it, 
being introduced for the purpose of giving it popularity. 

217. EDWIN. 

WASHINGTON Sacred to Memory. Three quarter length in uniform, 
seated. The same as the preceding plate, with the addition of a border 
11-16 inches in width, the title in a tablet in the upper part. Beneath 



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the portrait and let into the border a funeral urn, supported by two fe- 
male figures, and surrounded by war emblems. Upon the top of the 
urn, a sword and field glass crossed, and on a medallion, in three lines 
"OB. Dec. 14, 1799. ^t. 68." SiippU. 

Height II 3-16 inches; width S 10-16 inches. 

F. Bartoli pinx'. D. Edwin so. Revised by I. J. Barralet. Pub- 
lished by D. Kennedy 228 Market St. Philad". Rare. 

The only perceptible difference between the portrait of tliis, and the preceding print 
is in the cuflf on the right arm, which is not so wide. 

218. EDWIN & MURRAY. 

WASHINGTON. Bust, head to left. Oval medallion, the upper one of 
a group of four, in an ornamented vignette. The others, contain the 
portraits of Adams, Jefferson, and Madison. Stipple. 

Height 2 inches; width I 8- 1 6 inches. 

D. Edwin. G. Murray. 

[The History of the Reign of George HI. to the Termination of the 
late War. By Robert Bisset L.L.D. Philadelphia iSii.j 

219. ENSOM. 
GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON. Bust, head to right. Line. 

Height 2 lo-l5 inches; width 2 inches. 

Painted by Stuart. Engraved by William Ensom. London Pub'' for 
the Proprietor, September 1822. 

[Walmsley's Physiognomical Portraits. London, 1824.] 

220. FAIRMAN. 

Bust, head to left. Oval, with border, surrounded by diverging rays. 

Stipple. 
Height 5 S-16 inches; width 5 inches. 



G. Stuart pinx'. G. Fairman sculp'. 



GILBER T STUAR T. 129 

221. FAIRMAN. 
WASHINGTON. Bust, head to left. Vignette. Stipple. 

Height 5 inches; width 48-16 inches. 

Drawn by B. Trott from Stuart's picture. Engraved and published 
by G. Fairman. 

Later impressions, " F.iirman & Childs set." 

222. FENNER, SEARS & CO. 

GEORGE WASHINGTON. Half length, head to left. (Lansdowne.) 

Line. 
Height 7 7-16 inches; width 6 inches. 

Engraved by Fenner, Sears & Co. from a painting by Stuart. Lon- 
don Published May 2, 1831 by R. Ackertnan 96 Strand, for the Pro- 
prietors of Llinton^ s History of America, 2 vols 4'" Plates. 

This plate reduced to a full bust, and put into an oval with ornamented border, was 
subsequently published with the address, "J. & F. Tallis, London, Edinburgh, and 
Dublin." 

223. FELSING. 
GEORGIUS WASHINGTON. Bust to right, head to left. Line. 

Height 7 inches; width 5 inches. 

G. Longhi dis. G. G. Felsing inc. A Paris chez Tessari et C'' Rue 
du Cloitre Notre Dame No. 4. 

A remarkably close copy of the print by Longhi, No. 281, executed by Felsing at 
Milan in 1824, when a student under that engraver. The lettered impressions are the 
earliest, the title having been subsequently removed. 

224. FERRIS. 
Head to left. Vignette. Etched. 

Height 9 inches; width 7 4-16 inches. 
17 



130 GILBERT STUART. 



225. FISHER. 

GEORGE WASHINGTON ESQ". Half length, head to left. Back- 
ground formed by a curtain, drawn up to the left, revealing a Pillar. 
{Printed in colors.) Mezzotinto. 

Height 12 inches; width 10 inches. 

Painted by C. G. Stuart. Engraved by James Fisher. From the 
original Picture in the possession of J. Seb" De Franca Esq' of Devon- 
shire Square London. London Publish' d by P. Fische April \o"^ 1801. 

Extremely rare. 

226. FITTLER. 

GEORGE WASHINGTON, First President of the United States 
OF America. Full Bust, head to left. Line. 

Height 5 S-16 inches; width 4 inches. 

Stuart Pinx'. Fittler sculpt. Engraved by James Fittler A. R. A. from 
the original picture painted by G. Stuart in the possession of the Most 
Noble the Marquis of Lansdown. London, Published as the act directs 
May 15. 1S04 by Richard Phillip, N" 71 S' Pauls Church Yard. 

[Life of George Washington. By John Marshall. London, 1804.] 

227. FREEMAN. 

G. WASHINGTON. Half length, head to left. Stipple. 

Height 4 S-l6 inches; width 3 8-l6 inches. 

Engraved by S. Freeman from a painting by Stuart. Rare. 

228. GALLAND, 

HIS EXCELLENCY GEORGE AVASHINGTON Lieu^ Gen"- of the 
Armies of the United States of America. Three quarter length in 
uniform, seated. In the lower margin, an Eagle displayed, with 
shield and motto, "E Pluribus Unura." (More fully described in the 
print by Edwin, No. 216.) Stipple. 

Height II inches; width S 10-16 inches. 



GILBER T STUAR T. 131 

F. Bartoli Pinx. J. Galland sculp. "Dedicated to Commodore John 
Barry and the Officers of the Navy and Army of North America." 

This appears to be the same Plate as Edwin, No. 216, with parts worked over. In 
these impressions, however, the rosette on the hat lying upon the table to the right, is 
larger. No other print, bearing the name of this engraver, has come to the knowledge 
of the writer. 

229. GEOFFROY. 
GEORGE WASHINGTON. Bust, head to left. Vignette. Stipple. 

Height 3 S-16 inches; width 3 4-16 inches. 

Geoifroy. d'apres le tableau de Stuart. 

[Washington Fondation de la Republique des Etats-unis d'Amerique. 
Vie de Washington &c &c traduit de I'Anglais de M. Jared Sparks par 
M. Guizot. Paris, 185 1.] 

230. GIMBER. 

GEORGE WASHINGTON. Full length, standing. The "Tea-Pot 
Portrait." Fully described in the print by J. H. Hills, No. 252. 

Mezzotinto. 
Height 24 5-16 inches; width 16 7-16 inches. 

G. Stuart pinxt. S. H. Gimber. 

231. GIMBREDE. 

Full Bust in uniform, head to right. The upper one, of a group of Por- 
traits in ovals, in an oblong quarto sheet, of Washington, Adams, Jeffer- 
son and Madison, with a draped back-ground. Over the Washington, 
is a star containing thirteen lesser ones, and above it, the words "Ame- 
rican Star." Stipple. 

Height 4 inches; width 3 5-16 inches. 

N. York Design'd, Engrav'd & Publish'd by Tho° Gimbrede Jan^ 
so"" 1S12. Printed by A?id'" Maverick. 



132 GILBERT STUART. 



232. GIMBREDE. 

GEN'- GEORGE WASHINGTON. Full Bust, head to left. Stipple. 

Height 4 S 16 inches; width 3 13-16 inches. 

Stuart pt. Gimbrede sc. "Eng* for the Biography of American 
Heroes." Pub. by John Low N. Y. 

[The Biography of the Principal American Military and Naval Heroes. 
By Thomas Wilson. New York, 1817.] 

233. GIRARDET. 

Full Bust, head to left. Oval. Alezzoiinto. 

Height 9 4-16 inches; width 7 12 16 inches. 

Portrait of AVashington painted from life by Stuart. Engraved by 
Ed. Girardet. 

234. GOBRECHT. 

WASHINGTON. A Nation's Joy. Bust, head to left, on left breast, 
the order of the Cincinnati. Oval. Stipple. 

Heigiit 2 13-16 inches; width 2 3-16 inches. 

C. Gobrecht fe. Rare. 

[The New American Biographic Dictionary. By J. Kingston. Balti- 
more, 1810.] 

235. GOBRECHT. 

GEORGE WASHINGTON. Full Bust, head to left. Stipple. 

Height 7 3-16 inches ; width 6 2-16 inches. 

Drawn by B. Trott. Engraved by C. Gobrecht. 

[The Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Lite- 
rature. By Abraham Rees, D.D., F.R.S. 1" Am. Ed. Philadelphia, 
1821.] 



GILBERT STUART. 133 



236. GOODMAN & PIGGOTT. 

GENERAL WASHINGTON President of the United States, Born 
February 22"° 1732, Died December 14^" 1799. Full length, stand- 
ing. The "Lansdowne Portrait." Fully described in the print by James 
Heath, No. 250. Stij^ple. 

Height 19 14-16 inches; width 13 inches. 

Painted by G. Stuart, 1797. Engraved by C. Goodman and R. 
Piggott. Published by IV. H. Morgan N" 114 Chesnut Street Fhilad«. 



237. HALL. 

Full Bust, head to left. (Lansdowne.) Mixed. 

Height 6 7-16 inches; width 4 Il-l6 inches. 

From the full length portait painted by Gilbert Stuart in 1796 in the 
possession of Mrs. Pierrepont of Brooklyn Heights. 

[Life of George Washington. By Washington Irving. New York, 
1856-59-] 

238. HALL. 

Head to left. Vignette, with background ruled to a rectangle. Stipple. 
Height 6 inches; width 4 11-16 inches. 

G. Stuart. H. B. Hall. From the original picture in the Boston 
Athenaeum taken from life in 1795. Engraved for Irving's Life of 
Washington. G. P. Putnam &' Co N. York. 

239. HALL. 

Full Bust, head to left. Vignette. Line. 

Height 3 12-16 inches; width 38-16 inches. 
Eng* by H. B. Hall from the original painting by Stuart. 



134 GILBERT STUART. 



240. HALL. 

WASHINGTON. Bust, head to left. Vignette. Stipple. 

Height 4 4-16 inches; width 3 12-16 inches. 
Eng* by H. B. Hall after a Picture by Stuart. 

241. HALL. 

G. WASHINGTON. Bust, head to left. Vignette. Etched. 

Height 4 inches; width 3 S-16 inches. 

Etch'' by H. B. Hall from a Picture by Stuart. Published by H. B. 
Hall &- Sons 13 Barclay Si. N. Y. 

242. HALL. 

G. WASHINGTON. Full Bust, head to left. Oval, with scroll frame, 
in which are thirteen stars, surmounted by an eagle and surrounded by 
laurel. At the bottom the U. S. shield and flags. Stipple. 

Height 10 inches; width 7 12-16 inches. 

Drawn & engraved by H. B. Hall from the original Head by Stuart 
in the Athenaum, Boston. Published by W. Pate 16 Burling Slip. 
N. Y. 

243. HALL & FERINE. 

WASHINGTON. Full Bust, head to left. Oval, with border in a rect- 
angle. Stipple. 
Height 12 5-16 inches; width 9 8-16 inches. 

Engraved by H. B. Hall and G. E. Perine. Painted by Gilbert 
Stuart. Published by Geo. E. Perine 10 Courtlandt Street. 

244. HALL. 

Bust, head to left. Vignette. Stipple. 

Height 5 inches; width 4 inches. 

G. Stuart. G. R. Hall. From the original Picture in the Boston 
Athenaeum taken from life in 1795. New York W. A. Townsend. 



GILBER T STUAR T. 135 



[The Home of Washington and its Associations. By Benson J. 
Lossing. New York, 1859.] 



245. HALL. 

WASHINGTON. Head to left. Vignette, with background ruled to a 

rectangle. Etched. 

Height 4 8-i6 inches; width 4 inches. 

Etched by Alice Hall, aged 18, 1866. 



246. HALPIN. 

AVASHINGTON. Full length, standing. The "Tea-Pot Portrait." 
Fully described in the print by J. H. Hills, No. 252. Mezzotinio. 

Height 24 inches; width 16 S 16 inches. 

G. Stuart Pinx'. Eng. by J. Halpin. From the original picture in 
the State House at Hartford, Connecticut. Presented to the subscribers 
of the Columbian Magazine, 1848. New York Published By John S. 
Taylor 151 Nassau St. 



247. HARRISON. 
WASHINGTON ^tatis 68. Bust, head to left. Oval. Stipple. 

Height 2 12-16 inches; width 2 2-l6 inches. 
G. Stuart pinx*. C. P. Harrison scult. 
Only one impression of this, has come under the notice of the writer. 

248. HARRISON. 

Bust in uniform, head to left, the order of the Cincinnati on the right 
breast. Circle, surrounded by a wreath containing the names of twenty- 
three States, with diverging rays. A pen and sword crossed at the top. 

Stipple. 
Diameter i 3-16 inches. 



1 36 GILBER T STUAR T. 

G. Stewart pinx. "Respectfully Dedicated to the Cincinnati So- 
ciety." Design' d, Engrav'd, Printed &• Published by C. P. Harrison 
Feby 22<^. 

249. HATCH. 

lORGE WASHINGTON. Bust, head to left. Vignette. Line. 

Height 3 4-16 inches; width 2 S-l5 inches. 
Painted by Stewart. Engraved by Hatch. 
Only one impression of this, has come under the notice of the writer. 

250. HEATH. 

GENERAL WASHINGTON. Full length standing, head to left. The 
right arm is e.xtended as if speaking, and a dress sword in the left hand, 
is held by his side. To the left, a table partly covered with a cloth, 
upon which an inkstand and books; beneath the table, are also some 
books. To the right, a little in the rear, an arm chair, and in the back- 
ground two rows of pillars, between which, is a curtain partly drawn up. 

Line. 
Height 19 13-16 inches; width 13 inches. 

Painted by Gabriel Stuart 1797. Engraved by James Heath Histori- 
cal Engraver to his Majesty, and to his Royal Highness the Prince of 
Wales, from the original Picture in the collection of the Marquis of 
Lansdowne. Published Feby i. 1800 by Ja' Heath N" 42 Newman 
Street, Mess" Boydells, Cheapside is' J. P. Thomson Great Newport 
Street London. Copy Right secured in the United States according to 
Law. 

Known as the "Lansdowne Portrait." An Impression from the unfinished Tlate, 
the Title in open letters, witliout the artist's names, has come under the notice of the 
writer. It has the following address, "Published Oct' 12. 1797 by J. Heath N" 42 
Newman Street & Mess" Robinson's Pater-Noster Row." The statement frequently 
made, that the error in lettering the Plate, " Gabriel," instead of Gilbert Stuart, was 
subsequently corrected, is not founded on fact. No impressions are known with such 
alteration. 



GILBER T STUAR T. 137 



251. HEATH. 

GENERAL WASHINGTON. Bust, head to left. (Lansdowne.) Oval. 

Stipple. 

Height 3 12-16 inches; width 3 inches. 

Engrav'd by J. Heath from an original Picture by Stewart. Publish'' d 
Oct^. 16. 1807, by Cadell &• Davies, Strand, London. 

[The Life of George Washington, Commander in Chief, &c. By 
David Ramsay, M.D. London, 1S07.] 



252. HILLS. 

WASHINGTON. Full length standing, the right hand resting by the 
fingers, upon a table to the left. In the left hand, a dress sword held 
at the side. The coat is drawn together by a single upper button. In 
the rear, to the right, an arm chair. Line. 

Height 20 2-16 inches; length 14 4-16 inches. 

Painted by G. Stuart. Engraved by J. H. Hills. 

Known as the " Tea Pol Portrait," from the position of the arms. The figure is fuller 
and turned more to the left, than in the " Lansdowne," and is much better drawn. The 
accessories are the same. 

253. HILLS. 

Full length. The "Lansdowne Portrait." Line. 

Height 2 7-16 inches; width I 9 l6 inches. 

J. H. Hills sc. 

254. HINCHLIFF. 

GENERAL WASHINGTON. Full Bust in uniform, head to left. 

Line. 

Pleight 4 inches; width 3 14-16 inches. 

Stewart. Hinchliff 
18 



138 GILBER T STUAR T. 



255. HOLL. 

GENERAL WASHINGTON. Bust, head to right. Oval. Stipple. 

Height 2 inches; width i S16 inches. 

Hall sculp. 

[Biographical Magazine containing Portraits with Lives and Characters 
of eminent Persons. London, n. d.] 

256. HOLL. 

GEORGE WASHINGTON First President of the United States 
OF America. Full Bust, head to left. (Lansdowne.) Stipple. 

Height 5 2-i5 inches; width 4 inches. 

G. Stuart Pinxt. W. Holl sculp. Published by Edw^ Barnes, Leeds 
Nov. I. 1 82 1. 

257. HOLL. 

GEO. WASHINGTON. Full Bust, head to left. In a frame, draped 
and resting upon a Base, with army and navy emblems at the sides. At 
the top, a bust of Minerva (helmeted), between the figures of a soldier 
and sailor. Stipple. 

Height 6 12-16 inches; width 4 416 inches. 

Painted by C. G. Stuart. Engraved by W. Holl. London Published 
by Thomas Kelly 17 Paternoster Row April 1830. 

Later impressions, are without the border, base, and ornaments ; the date, omitted 
from the address. 

258. HOLLOW AY. 

GEORGE WASHINGTON. Full Bust, head to right. Line. 

Height 9 2-16 inches; width 7 l2-l5 inches. 

Engraved by T. Holloway from a Picture painted by M' Stuart in 
1795 in the possession of Samuel Vaughan Esq'. Published as the act 
directs by T. Hollo^vay and the other Proprietors Nov'' 2. 1796. 

[Essays on Physiognomy. By John Caspar Lsvater, Translated by 
Henry Hunter, D.D. London, 1789-9S.] 



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The earliest engraving of Stuart's first portrait of Washington, known from its own- 
ership as the " Vaughan Portrait." In referring to it in the text, the name of the en- 
graver was given through inadvertence, as S. Holloway instead of T. Hollovvay. 

259. HUMPHREYS. 

WASHINGTON. Full Bust, head to left. Stipple. 

Height 5 inches ; width 4 inches. 

Engraved by W. Humphreys. From a Picture by Gilbert Stewart in 
the possession of T. B. Barclay Esqr. of Liverpool. Under the Super- 
intendence of the Society for the Diffusion of useful Knowledge. Lon- 
don Published by Charles Knight, Liidgate Street. 

[Th^ Gallery of Portraits with Memoirs. London, 1S33-37.] 

260. ILLMAN. 
GEORGE WASHINGTON. Bust, head to left. Vignette. Stipple. 

Height 2 6-16 inches; width 2 4-16 inches. 

Drawn by Hoppner Meyer from the painting by G. Stuart. En- 
graved by T. lUman. Entered according to Act of Congress in the Dis- 
trict Court N. Y. 

261. ILLMAN & PILBROW. 

GEORGE WASHINGTON. Full length. The "Tea Pot Portrait." 
Fully described in the print by J. H. Hills, No. 252. Mezzotinto. 

Height 25 6-16 inches; width i6 i2-i5 inches. 

Copied by permission from a painting by Stuart in the State House, 
Hartford, Conn. Engraved b' Published by Illman is' Pilbrow New 
York. 

262. ILLMAN & PILBROW. 

WASHINGTON. Full Bust, head to left. In the lower margin, a figure 
of Liberty seated, with eagle and shield. Line. 

Height S 14-16 inches; width 7 6-1 5 inches. 

Painted by Stewart. Engraved by Illman «Si Pilbrow. 



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263. ILLMAN & CO. 

GEORGE WASHINGTON. Full length. The "Tea Pot Portrait." 
Fully described in the print by J. H. Hills, No. 252. Line. 

Height 6 inches; width 4 inches. 
Stuart pinxt. Eng'^ by lUman &: Co. 

264. ILLMAN & SON. 

Head to left. Oval, with narrow scroll border. Heading to an imperial 
folio sheet, entitled "The Declaration of Independence and Portraits 
of the Presidents." Stipple. 

Height 3 inches; width 2 5-l6 inches. 

Engraved and printed by Illman & Son, 603 Arch St. Philad". "Led- 
ger Carriers' Annual Greeting to Their Subscribers 1859." 

265. JOCELYN. 
GEN. WASHINGTON. One of the few who have been great without 

BEING CRIMINAL, WAS A NATIVE OF VIRGINIA, BORN 1 73 1, TOOK COM- 
MAND OF THE American Army at Boston 1775, resigned his com- 
mand 1783, was inaugurated President of the United States 
1 789 J and again 1793; and died 1799. Full Bust, head to left. 
(Lansdowne.) Line. 

Height 3 I2-I6 inches; width 3 inches. 

Stuart pinxt. S. S. Jocelyn sculpt. 

266. JOHNSTON. 
GEORGE WASHINGTON. Bust, head to right. Vignette. Stipple. 

Height 3 inches ; width 2 inches. 

D. C. Johnston sc. 

[The Life of George AVashington, First President of the United 
States. By Aaron Bancroft, D.D. Boston, 1826.] 



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267. KELLY. 

WASHINGTON. Full length in uniform, left hand holding the bridle, 
and resting upon the saddle of a horse to the right, foreshortened. 
In his right hand, by his side, a large chapeau. In the left distance, 
shipping, smoke, etc. Line. 

Height 23 lo-l6 inches; width 15 14-16 inches. 

From a copy by M. A. Swett taken from the original picture by 
Stuart in Faneuil Hall. Painted by Gilbert Stuart. Engraved by T. 
Kelly. "Entered according to the Act of Congress in the year 1836 
by L. P. Clover in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the South- 
ern District of New York." Printed by A. King. 

Later impressions, " Published by the Franklin Print Company 46 Court St. Boston." 
Printed by R. Neale. The picture represents Washington at Dorchester Heights. 



268. KELLY. 
G. WASHINGTON. Full Bust, head to left. Stipple. 

Height 4 9-16 inches; width 3 12-16 inches. 

Painted by Stuart. Engraved by T. Kelly. Publisiicd by Samuel 
Walker {^Harlem Place') Washington Street Boston. 

269. KENNEDY. 

GEN^- GEORGE WASHINGTON. Half length, head to left. 

Mezzoiinto. 
Height 16 2-16 inches; width 13 12-16 inches. 

J. Kennedy set. Engraved from the original Picture Painted by 
Gabriel Stewart Esq' Now in the possession of Paul Beck Esq'. " This 
print is respectfully Dedicated to the citizens of the United States by T. 
W. Freeman." Freeman E.xcudit. Printed 6- Published by T. IV. 
Pree/nan Philadelphia i'^' Sept. 18 13. Rare. 

Also printed in colors. 



142 GILBERT STUART. 



270. KIMBERLY. 

GEORGE WASHINGTON. Full length. The "Tea Pot Portrait." 
Fully described in the Print by J. H. Hills, No. 252. Arched top. 
The centre of a folio sheet, entitled "The Presidents of the United 
States," and surrounded by nine oval medallions, containing portraits 
of John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, 
John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, William 
Henry Harrison and John Tyler. Line. 

Height 6 12-16 inches; width 4 1416 inches. 

G. Stuart del. Designed by C. H. H. Billings. Engraved by D. Kim- 
berly. Published by Charles A. Wakefield N" 56 Cornhill Boston. (1S42.) 



271. KIRKWOOD. 

GENERAL WASHINGTON. Bust, head to right. (Lansdowne.) 

Line. 

Height 3 indies; width 2 S-l6 inches. 

Eng* by Kirkwood & Son. 



272. KNEASS. 
WASHINGTON. Full Bust, head to left. Stipple. 

Height 4 3-16 inches; width 3 7-16 inches. 
W. Kneass sc. Philad\ Published by J. Downing, Lexington Kent*. 

273. LAWSON, 

G. WASHINGTON. Bust, Jiead to left. Oval, with border in a rect- 
angle; beneath the oval upon a base, a helmet, sword and baton, with 
oak and laurel branches. Line. 

Height 6 7-16 inches; width 4 inches. 

Baralet Dirext. Lawson sc. Published by R. Campbell ef Co. 
From a copy painted by J. Paid. 



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[Continuation of Mr. Hume's History, By a Society of Gentlemen. 
Philadelphia, 179S.] 

Later impressions have the address of" Conrad and Co." 

274. LENEY. 

GEO. WASHINGTON. Full Bust, head to left. Stipple. 

Height 4 inches; width 3 4-16 inches, 

Leney set. N. Y. 

[The Life of George Washington, Commander in chief of the 
Armies of the United States of America, &c. &c. By David Ramsay, 
M.D. New York, 1807.] 

275. LENEY, 

WASHINGTON. Full Bust, head to left. S/i/>//e. 

Height 3 S-16 inches; width 2 14-16 inches. 

Stuart pinxt. Leney set. Engrav'd for the Washington Benevolent 
Society in the city of New York. 

[Washington's Farewell Address to the People of the United States. 
Published for the Washington Benevolent Society, New York, 1808.] 

276. LENEY. 

GEO. WASHINGTON. Full Bust, head to left. Sfi/'J>/e. 

Height 3 8-16 inches; width 2 14-16 inches. 

Leney sc. N. Y. Engrav'd for the Washington Benevolent Society. 

[Washington's Farewell Address to the People of the United States. 
Published for the Washington Benevolent Society of Cranberry. New 
Brunswick, 1812.] 

A different plate from the preceding one. 



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277. LONGACRE. 

GEORGE WASHINGTON, Bust, head to left. Circular medallion, the 
heading to a sheet 33 by 24 inches, containing "The Declaration of 
Independence," surrounded by fifteen others, two of which, contain 
portraits of Jefferson and Hancock, and the remainder, the coats of 
arms of the thirteen original States. Stipple. 

Diameter 5 inches. 

"Entered according to Act of Congress the 4"" day of November 
1818 by John Binns of the State of Pennsylvania." 



278. LONGACRE. 

GEORGE WASHINGTON. Bust, head to left. Vignette. Stipple. 

Height 4 inches ; width 4 inches. 

Engraved by J. B. Longacre from a miniature by M"" Trott. 

[The Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and 
Literature. By Abraham Rees, D.D. F.R.S. i»' Am. Ed. Philadelphia 
— 1821.] 

279. LONGACRE. 

WASHINGTON. Bust, head to left. Ornamented border. Stipple. 

Height 4 io-i6 inches; width 2 l2-l5 inches. 

Painted by Stuart. Engraved by J. B. Longacre. C. S. Williams 
New Haven Ct. 

280. LONGACRE. 

WASHINGTON. Full Bust, head to left. Stipple. 

Height 4 4-l6 inches; width 3 6-16 inches. 

Engraved by J. B. Longacre from a painting by G. Stuart. 

[The National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans. Phila- 
delphia 1834.] 



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281. LONGHI. 

GEORGIUS WASHINGTON. Bust to right, head to left. Line. 

Height 7 inches ; width 5 inches. 

G'" Longhi dis. ed inc. per Dalla Libera. 

[Vite e Ritratti di cento uomini illustri. Bettoni. Padua.] 

Engraved in 1S17 from a drawing made by Longhi himself, the Stuart and Trumbull 
heads, probably, being combined. The hair, executed after the manner of Masson, in 
his celebrated print of" Guillaume de Brisacier," known as the Gray-headed Man, en- 
graved in 1664, is thoroughly artifici.il, and while showing great dexterity on the part 
of the engraver, removes it still further from any original. 



282. 



GEORGES WASHINGTON, Premier President des Etats-Unis d' 
Amerique, ne le 22 Fevrier 1732, dans le Comte de Westmorland, 

EN ViRGINIE, MORT A MoUNT VeRNON LE 15 N0V'"='= 1 799. BuSt tO 

right, head to the left. Circle in a squared plate. Stipple. 

Diameter 5 6-16 inches. 
A Paris chez V auteur, Rue des Francs Bourgeois N" 6, F. S'. G"'. 

A copy of the preceding print. 



283. . 

WASHINGTON (GEORGES), Ne a Washington le ii Fevrier 1732, 
MoRT LE 14 Decembre 1 799. Bust to right, head turned to the left. 
Vignette. Line. 

Height 2 13-16 inches; width 26-16 inches. 

Ful/lie par Blaisot. 

A copy of the print by Longhi, No. 281. 
19 



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284. MACKENZIE. 

GEO= WASHINGTON Esq" late President & Commander in Chief 
OF THE Forces of the United States of America. Full Bust, head 
to right. Oval. StippU. 

Height 3 13 16 inches; width 3 inches. 

Engraved by K. Mackenzie from an original Picture. Londo?i, Pub- 
lished by G. Cawthorn, British Library 152 Strand. 

285. MACRET. 

GEORGE WASHINGTON. Full Bust, head to left. (Lansdowne.) 

Stipple. 
Height 38-16 inches; width 2 10- 1 5 inches. 

Grave par Macret, rue des Fosses M. le Prince N° 18. 

[Vie de Georges Washington, General en Chef des Armies des Etats 
Unis pendant la guerre qui a dtabli leur independence, et premiere 
President des Etats Unis, par David Ramsay. Paris, iSog.] 

285. MARSHALL. 

G. WASHINGTON. Full Bust, head to left. Oval, with border in a 
rectangle. Line. 

Height 13 8-16 inches; width II 4-16 inches. 

Engraved by William E. Marshall From the original Portrait in the 
Boston Athenaeum. Painted by Gilbert Stuart. Published November 
i^*^ 1862, By Ticknor and Fields, 135 Washington St. Boston. Copy- 
right secured. 

Marshall's Washington, has an established reputation, and occupies as an engraving, 
in the popular mind, the same relative position, which the original does as a painting. 



287. MAVERICK. 

WASHINGTON. Bust, head to left. Oval medallion, surrounded by 
war emblems, and to the right another, containing a portrait of La- 
fayette. Line. 
Height I 12-16 inches; width I 6- 1 6 inches. 

Peter Maverick sc. 



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288. MAYER. 

GEORGE WASHINGTON. Half length, head to left. (Lansdowne.) 

Line. 

Height 5 inches; width 3 14-16 inches. 

Nach dem Gemalde im capitol. Mayer sculpsit. Eigenthum &' Ver- 
lag Des. Bibl. Instituts in Hildburghausen. 

Later impressions, have the title " Washington," and Atis der Ktinstansi des Bibliogr, 
Inst it. in Hildbghsn. 

289. MAYER. 

WASHINGTON. Bust, head to right. Vignette. Line. 

Height 3 4-16 inches; width 3 S 16 inches. 
Stahlstich von Carl Mayer. Rare. 

290. Mccarty. 

WASHINGTON. Bust, head to left. Vignette. Line. 

Height 3 4-16 inches; width 2 12- 16 inches. 

McCarty sculpsit. 

291. McRAE. 

GEORGE WASHINGTON. Full Bust, head to left. Stipple. 

Height II 3-16 inches; width 9 10-16 inches. 

Engraved and Published by John C. McRae, 100 Liberty St. New 
York. 

292. MORSE. 

Full Bust, head to left. Vignette. Line. 

Height 3 12-16 inches; width 3 2-16 inches. 

Morse sc. 

[Le General Washington et Madame la Generale. Biographies par 
M. Etourneau. Paris, i860.] 



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293. NESMITH. 

WASHINGTON. Full length. The "Lansdowne Portrait." Fully de- 
scribed in the print by James Heath, No. 250. Line. 

Height 5 5 16 inches; width 3 9-16 inches. 

Engraved by J. H. Nesmith. Published by Hezekiah Howe and 
Darrie &' Peck, New Haven Conn. 

[A Political and Civil History of the United States of America from 
1763 to March 1797. By Timothy Pitkin. New Haven, 1S2S.] 

294. NUTTER. 

GEO. WASHINGTON Esq", Late President of the United States 
OF America. Full Bust, head to left. Stipple. 

Height 8 14-16 inches ; width 7 7-16 inches. 

C. G. Stuart pinxt. W. Nutter sculpt. From an original Picture in 
the Possession of J. Seb" De Franca Esq' of Devonshire Place to whom 
this Plate is Dedicated by his obliged humble Serv' Rob' Cribb. Lon- 
don, Published Jany \<^"^ 1798 by R. Cribb, Holborn. Rare. 

This was also printed in colors. 

295. NUTTER. 

GEORGE WASHINGTON Esq", Late President of the United 
States of America. Full Bust, head to left. Oval. Stipple. 

Height 5 2-16 inches; width 4 2-l6 inches. 

C. G. Stuart pinxt. W. Nutter sculpt. London published by R. Cribb 
Jan> 15, 1799. Very Rare. 

296. ORMSBY. 

WASHINGTON. Half length, head to left. (Lansdowne.) Line. 

Height 7 7-16 inches; width 6 2-16 inclies. 
W. L. Ormsby sc. Boston Published by S. Walker. 



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[The History and Topography of The United States of North 
America, &c. By John Howard Hlnton, A.M. 1°' Am. Ed. Boston, 
1834.] 



297. ORMSBY. 

WASHINGTON. Full length. The "Lansdowne Portrait." Fully de- 
scribed in the Print by James Heath, No. 250. Line. 

Height 20 2-l5 inches; width 13 inches. 

Painted by Gilbert Stuart. Eng'd on steel by W. L. Ormsby N. Y. 
Published by W. L. Ormsby 116 Fulton Street N. Y. 



298. PARADISE. 

PATRI^ PATER. Bust, head to left. Oval. On left of oval, " Born 
Feb. 22d, 1732," on the right, "Died Dec. 14"' 1799." Line. 

Height 3 4-16 inches; width 2 12-16 inches. 
Painted by G. C. Stuart. Eng. by J. W. Paradise. 



299. PEABODY. 
GEO. AVASHINGTON. Bust, head to left. Oval. Stipple. 

Height 2 inches; width I io-i5 inches. 

Peabody so. 

300. PEKENINO. 

WASHINGTON. Bust, head to left. Border resembling a picture frame, 
suspended by a ring. Stipple. 

Height 5 2-16 inches; width 4 6-i6 inches. 

Engraved by M"' Pekenino Philadelphia 1S22. From an original 
Portrait by G. Stewart. 



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301. PELTON, 

WASHINGTON. Full length. The " Lansdowne Portrait." Fully de- 
scribed in the Print by James Heath, No. 250. Line. 

Height 20 inches; width 13 inches. 

Painted by Gilbert Stuart. Engraved by O. Pelton. Published by 
E. R. Pelton, Office of Eclectic Magazine No. 5 Beekman St. N. Y. 

302. FERINE. 

GEORGE WASHINGTON. Full Bust, head to left. Oval. 

Mezzotirito. 
Height S 3-16 indies; width 6 3-16 inches. 

Eng'' by Geo. E. Perine. Published by Moore is' Co. iii Nassau 
Street Neiu York. 

303. PERINE. 

WASHINGTON. Bust, slightly to left, head to right. Vignette. 

Stipple. 
Height 3 12-16 inches; width 3 6-l5 inches. 

Engraved by Geo. E. Perine N. York. 

Copy of the Print by Longhi, No. 2S1. 

304. PERKINS & HEATH. 

WASHINGTON. Bust, head to left. Inclosed by a square border of 
lathe work, with a star in each corner. In the upper margin, an Eagle 
displayed, with U. S. shield and motto, "E. Pluribus Unum." In 
lower margin a flag, (upon which is the title,) rolled about a staff. 

Height 2 13-16 inches; width 2 4-16 inches. 

Perkins & Heath, Patent Hardened Steel Plate. Very rare. 

305. PERKINS. 

Bust, head to left. Oval, with border of lathe work. Line. 

Height I inch; width 15-16 inch. 



GILBER T STUAR T. 151 

Centre of an oblong quarto sheet of ornamental Penmanship, entitled, 
"Sacred to the Memory of General Geo. AVashington, The Father of 
His Country was born Feb. 22, 1732, Died Dec. 13, 1799." 

Written and Engraved by Jos. Perkins New York 1826. 

[The American Penman. By Perkins & Rand, Philadelphia. Pub- 
lished August, 1827.] 

306. PORTMAN. 

GEORGE WASHINGTON. Full Bust, head to left. (Lansdowne.) 

Oval. Stipple. 

Height 4 6-16 inches; width 3 1016 inches. 

Stuart del. ad viv. L. Portman sc. A. Loosjes Pz. exc. 1801;. 

Rare. 

307. RAWDON. 

GEN. GEORGE WASHINGTON. Full Bust, in uniform, head to right. 

Stipple. 

Height II 4-16 inches; width 9 inches. 

Engraved by Ralph Rawdon. Published &• Sold by Shelton &• Ken- 
sett, Cheshire Con. Jan. \(i"' 1S14. 

Only one impression of this, has come under the notice of the writer. It is quite rude 
in the execution. 

308. REED. 

Bust, head to left. Vignette. Over the head, the figure of Fame with a 
trumpet and laurel wreath and the words "Pro Patria." Beneath the 
Bust, "Washington Benevolent Society." Stipple. 

Height 2 8-16 inches; width 18-16 inches. 

A. Reed sc. E. W. con. Rare. 

[Biographical Memoirs of the Illustrious Gen. George AVashington, 
Late President of the United States of America, &c. Barnard, Vt. 
1813.] 



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309. RICE. 

G.WASHINGTON. Full length. The "Lansdowne Portrait." Fully 
described in the Print by James Heath, No. 250. Mezzotinto. 

Height 19 14-16 inches; width T3 4-16 inches. 

Painted by G. Stuart. Engraved by J. R. Rice. Published by Pohlig 
&' Rice Philadelphia. 

310. RICE. 

G.WASHINGTON. Full length. The "Lansdowne Portrait." 

Mezzotinto. 
Heiijht II 3-16 inches; width 7 10-16 inches. 

Engraved by E. A. Rice. Smith b' Holden Publishers, 82 West 
Baltimore St. Baltimore Md. 



311. RIDLEY. 

GENERAL WASHINGTON. Full Bust, head to right. Oval. 

Stipple. 

Height 4 incites; width 3 S-16 inches. 

Engraved by W. Ridley, from an Original Picture in the possession 
of Sam' Vaughan, Esq'. "European Magazine." Published by J. 
Sewell ^2 Cornhill, April V^ 1800. 

312. RITCHIE. 

G. WASHINGTON. Full length standing, head to left, right hand on 
an upright book upon a table to the left. The left hand upon the hilt 
of a dress sword, the point on the ground. The background formed 
by an alcove and pillars, and in the rear, to the right an arm chair. 

Mezzotinto. 
Height 26 616 inches; width 19 10-16 inches. 

P. F. Rothermel pinxt. A. H. Ritchie sc. Published by R. A. 
Bachia dr Co. 23 Chambers St. N. Y. (Copy Right 1852.) 

A copy of the full lengths, varied as described. 



GILBERT STUART. 153 



313. RITCHIE. 

G.WASHINGTON. Full length. The "Tea Pot Portrait." Fully de- 
scribed in the print by J. H. Hills, No. 252. Afezzotinto. 

Height II 8-i5 inches; width 7 l2-i6 inches. 

Painted by Gilbert Stuart. Engraved by A. H. Ritchie. (Private 
Plate.) 

[Washington's Farewell Address to the People of the United States 
of America. Reprint from the original MS. in the possession of James 
Lenox. Privately printed. New York, 1850.] 



314. ROBERTS. 

Bust, head to left. Oval. Stipple. 

Height 3 2-l5 inches; width 2 S-16 inches. 

This plate was left unfinished, but not destroyed, as sLited by Dunl.ip in his sketch of 
the engraver of it, John Roberts (Arts of Design, vol. i. 427). The impressions usually 
seen, are those taken about twenty years since. 

315. ROBERTS. 

GENERAL WASHINGTON. Born Feb" 1x^1732. Died Dec. ^-t" 
1799. Head to left. Circular. Stipple. 

Diameter 2 2-16 inches. 

Roberts sc. London, Published by C. Miller Old Fish S'. S{ Pauls. 

Only one impression of this, has come under the notice of the writer. It is printed 
on satin, forming one side of a pocket pincushion, the head of Franklin being on the 
other. The head almost fills the circle. 

316. ROGERS. 

GEORGE WASHINGTON. Nearly full length. (Lansdowne.) 

Mixed. 
Height 5 7-16 inches; width 3 13-16 inches. 

20 



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J. Rogers sc. 38 1 B. W. New York D. Aj>pkton 6^ Co. 

[Memoirs of Washington. By Mrs. C. M. Kirkland. New York, 
1869.] 

317. ROSMASTER. 

GEORGE WASHINGTON, Prasident der Vereinigten Staaten von 
America. Bust, head to left. (Lansdowne.) Oval. Stipple. 

Height 5 7-16 inches; width 4 inches. 

Rosmaster sculp. 

318. RUSSEL. 

WASHINGTON. Half length, head to left. A battle, indistinctly ex- 
pressed in the background. Vignette. Stipple. 

Height 4 i2-i6 inches. 

Russel sculp. London, Published {^For the Proprietors) by John Saun- 
ders, 25 JVezvgate Street 1S35. Rare. 

[Memoirs of the late William Cobbett, Esq'. By Robert Huish. 
London, 1836.] 

319. SADD. 

G.WASHINGTON. Full length. The "Lansdowne Portrait." Fully 
described in the print by James Heath, No. 250. Mezzotinio. 

Height 20 4 16 inches; width l5 inches. 

Painted by G. Stuart. Engraved by H. S. Sadd. 

320. SADD. 

WASHINGTON. Full length in uniform. " Washington at Dorchester 

Heights." Fully described in the print by T. Kelly, No. 267. 

Mezzoiinto. 
Height 10 14-16 inches; width 7 lo-i6 inches. 

G. Stuart P. On steel by H. S. Sadd. From the celebrated picture 
in Faneuil Hall, Boston. Printed by Burton. 



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321. SARTAIN. 

GEORGE WASHINGTON. Bust, head to left. Mezzoiinto. 

Height S 12-16 inches; width 4 12-16 inches. 

The original by G. Stuart. Engraved by J. Sartain. Published by 
R. R. Landon Ag', 88 Lake S' Chicago III. 

322. SARTAIN. 

G. WASHINGTON. Full Bust, head to left. Vignette. MezzoHnto. 

Height 4 8-16 inches; width 4 inches. 

Engraved by J. Sartain. 

[Letters on Agriculture from His Excellency George Washington, 
&c. to Arthur Young, Esqr. F.R.S. and Sir John Sinclair, Bart., M.P. 
Edited by Franklin Knight. Washington, 1847.] 

323. SARTAIN. 

G.WASHINGTON. Full length. The " Tea Pot Portrait. " Fully de- 
scribed in the print by J. H. Hills, No. 252. Afezzotiiito. 

Height II 4-16 inches; width 7 4-16 inches. 

Engraved by John Sartain. The original Picture by Gilbert Stuart. 
(Private Plate. ) 

[Washington's Farewell Address to the People of the United States 
of America. Reprint from the original MS. in the possession of James 
Lenox. Privately printed. New York, 1850.] 

324. SARTAIN. 
WASHINGTON. Full length. The "Tea Pot Portrait." Mezzoiinto. 

Height 6 9-16 inches; width 5 inches. 

Painted by G. Stuart. Engraved by J. Sartain. /. Z. White Phila". 

[Recollections and Private Memoirs of Washington. By G. W. P. 
Custis. Philadelphia, 1861.] 



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325. SARTAIN. 

GEORGE WASHINGTON. Bust, head to right. Oval, in a rectangle. 

Mezzotitito. 

Height 10 8- 16 inches; width 8 12-16 inches. 

Painted by Stuart. Engraved by John Sartain. Bradley & Co. Pub- 
lishers 66 Nth 4"' St. Philadelphia. (Copyright 1865.) 



326. SARTAIN. 

GEORGE WASHINGTON. Full Bust, head to right. Oval, in a rec- 
tangle. Mezzotitito. 

Height II J- 1 6 inches; width 9 6- 1 6 inches. 

Engraved & Published by William Sartain 728 Sansom St. Philad*. 



327. SCOLES. 

Gen"- GEORGE WASHINGTON departed this Life Dec- 14™ 1799, 
aged 68. Bust, head to right. Oval, in a rectangle. The title &c. in 
a tablet with arched top, beneath the oval. Stipple. 

Height 4 4-16 inches; width 2 14-16 inches. 

Scoles sc. PublisKd by I. Low N. York. Rare. 

[The Life of George Washington Commander in Chief of the Armies 
and late President of the United States of America. By John Corry. 
i" Am. Ed. New York, 1S07.] 

328. SCOLES. 

GEN-- WASHINGTON. Born Feb. 22, 1732. Died Dec. 14, 1799. 
Bust, head to left. Oval. Stipple. 

Height 2 1 0-1 6 inches; width 2 2- 1 6 inches. 

Published by M. Carey. Rare. 

[The Life of George Washington with curious Anecdotes &c &c. By 
M. L. Weems. Philadelphia, i8o8.] 



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329. SCOLES. 

GEORGE WASHINGTON. Bust, head to left. Oval. StiJ>ple. 

Height 2 11-16 inches; width 2 3-16 inches. 

Scoles sculp. 

[The Life of George Washington First President and Commander in 
Chief of the United States of America. By John Corry. New York, 
1809.] 

330. SCOLES. 

GEORGE WASHINGTON. Bust, head to left. Oval. Stipple. 

Height 2 11-16 inches; width 2 3-16 inches. 

[Life of Gen. George Washington late President of the United States 
of America and Commander in Chief of their Armies during the Revo- 
lutionary War. New York, 1825.] 

A different Plate from the preceding one. 

331. SMITH. 

GEN"- GEORGE WASHINGTON. Bust, head to left. Oval. Stipple. 

Height 2 12-16 inches; width 2 4-16 inches. 

J. R. Smith Boston. 

[Washington's Farewell Address to the People of the United States, 
together with the Constitution of the U. S. with all its amendments &c 
&c. Worcester, Mass. Printed by Isaac Sturtevant, 1S13.] 

This Plate is still in existence. Early impressions are rare. 

332. SMITH. 

G. WASHINGTON. Head to left. Oval, in a rectangle. Stipple. 
Height 8 4-16 inches; width 6 io-i6 inches. 



1 5 8 GILBER T STUAR T. 

Engraved by H. W. Smith from the original by Stuart in possession 
of the Boston Athenreum. Entered according to act of Congress in the 
year i860 by S. Walker, Jr. in the Clerks Office of the District Court 
of Mass. James Walker, Boston. 

333. SMITH. 

G. WASHINGTON. Head to left. Vignette, with a background ruled 
to a rectangle. Stipple. 

Height 7 Ii-i6 inches ; width 5 14-16 inches. 

G. Stuart Pinxt. H. W. Smith N. Y. 

334. SMITH. 

G. WASHINGTON. Head to left. Vignette, with a background ruled 
to a rectangle. Stipple. 

Height 12 8- 1 6 inches; width 9 i2-l5 inches. 

Engraved by H. Wright Smith after the Portrait by Stuart. Copy- 
right, W. S. Baker. Published By Lindsay iSr" Baker, Philadelphia 1879. 

An excellent translation of the "Athenaeum Head." The engraver seems to have 
caught the spirit of the original, and truly given us the motive of the Painter. 

335. SOPER. 

GEORGE WASHINGTON L. L. D. (1790). Bust, head to left. Oval. 

Stipple. 
Height 3 8-l6 inches; width 3 inches. 

G. Stuart. R. Soper. Published by J. C. Buttre N. Y. 

336. STODART. 

GEORGE WASHINGTON. Half length, head to left. (Lansdowne.) 

Stipple. 

Height 3 8- 1 5 inches; width 3 inches. 

Engraved by G. Stodart. Published by J. Mason 14 City Road b' 
66 Paternoster Row. Rare. 



GILBERT STUART. 159 



337. STRICKLAND. 

Bust, head to left, on a pedestal partly hidden by an open scroll inscribed, 
"Constitution of the United States." An U. S. Shield on front of 
pedestal. Vignette. Aquatint. 

Height 9 inches; width 6 S-l6 inches. 

Rare. 

338. TANNER. 

G. WASHINGTON. Bust, head to right. Oval, in a rectangle; the title, 
in a tablet below the oval. Stipple. 

Height 3 3-16 inches; width 2 6-16 inches. 

Tanner so. "Engraved for the Rev'* M. L. Weems." 

339. TANNER. 

G-- WASHINGTON. Bust, head to right. Oval in a rectangle. 

Stipple. 

Height 3 3-16 inches; width 2 6-16 inches. 

[The Life of George Washington with curious anecdotes equally hon- 
orable to himself and exemplary to his young countrymen. Tenth 
Edition. By M. L. Weems. Philadelphia, Printed for Mathew Carey, 
1810.] 

340. TANNER. 

G. WASHINGTON. Bust, head to right. Oval. Stipple. 

Height 4 S-l6 inches; width 3 13-16 inches. 

B. Tanner sc. Rare. 

341. TANNER. 

GEORGE WASHINGTON First President of the United States 
AND LATE Lieutenant General of the American Armies. Died at 
M'f Vernon 14""* Dec" 1799, aged 68 years. Full Bust in uniform, 
head to right; on the left breast, the order of the Cincinnati. Stipple. 



1 60 GILBER T STUAR T. 

Height 5 io-i6 inches; width 4 g-l5 inches. 
B. Tanner sc. Very rare. 

342. THOMSON. 

GEORGE WASHINGTON. Full Bust, head to left. StiJ>ple. 

Height 4 5-l6 inches; width 3 8-16 inches. 

Painted by G. Stuart. Eng'^ by J. Thomson. 

343. TIEBOUT. 

GEORGE WASHINGTON. Full Bust, head to left. Oval. St!j>ple. 

Height 8 13-16 inches; width 6 1316 inches. 

Painted by G. Stewart. Engraved by C. Tiebout. Published by C. 
Tiebout N" 28 Gold Street New York January 8'* 1800. Rare. 

Cornelius Tiebout was the first American Engraver, to attain any excellence in his 
Art. This print, is a good example of his abilities, although not a very close rendering 
of the original. 

344. TIEBOUT. 

GEORGE WASHINGTON. Bust, head to left. Oval. Stipple. 

Height 3 4- 1 5 inches; width 2 8- 1 6 inches. 

G. Stewart Del. C. Tiebout sculp. Rare. 

[Two Discourses occasioned by the Death of General George Wash- 
ington. By the Rev. Uzal Ogden, D.D. Newark, iSoo.] 

345. TILLER. 

GEN. GEO. WASHINGTON. First President of the United States. 
Bust, head to left. Oval. Stipple. 

Height 8-16 inch; width 6-16 inch. 
R. Tiller SC. "Copyright secured." Very rare. 

In later impressions, surrounded by a wreath with diverging rays. 



GILBER T STUAR T. 1 6 1 



346. TOPHAM. 

GENERAL WASHINGTON. Bust, head to right. (Lansdowne.) 

Line. 

Height 4 6-i5 inches; width 3 4-16 inches. 

Painted by G. Stuart. Engraved by S. Topham. Leeds, Published by 
Davies 6^ Booth. 

[History of North America comprising a Geographical and Statistical 
view of the United States. Leeds, 1820.] 



347. WALMSLEY. 

WASHINGTON. Bust, head to left. Oval, in a rectangle. 

Mezzotinto. 

Height 16 inches; width 13 2-16 inches. 

Engraved by Samuel Walmsley after the original Painting taken from 
life by Gilbert Stuart. 

348. WALTER. 

GEORGE WASHINGTON. Full Bust, head to left. Oval. 

Mezzotinto. 

Height 8 2-16 inches; width 5 3-16 inches. 

Eng'' by A. B. Walter. Painted by G. Stuart. Published by John 
Dainty 316'. 6'* Str. Philadelphia. 

349. WEGER. 

Half length, head to left, a scroll in the right hand, the arm resting upon 
the muzzle of a cannon. A sword in the left hand. Vignette. 

Etched. 

Height 4 5-16 inches; width 3 8-16 inches, 

G. Longhi gez. A. Weger sc. Lpzg. Verlag von Carl B. Lorck in 
Leipzig. 

The head, is a copy of the print by Longhi, No. 2S1. 
21 



1 6 2 GILBER T STUAR T. 

350. WELCH. 

G. WASHINGTON. Half length, head to left. Mezzciinto. 

Height 5 3-16 inches; width 4 4-16 inches. 

Engraved by T. B. Welch from a Portrait by G. Stuart. 

[The Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution. By L. Carroll 
Judson. Philadelphia, 1851.] 

351, WELCH. 

WASHINGTON. Head to left. Vignette, with background ruled to a 
rectangle. SiiJ'pk. 

Height 22 14-16 inches; width iS inches. 

Engraved by Thomas B. Welch (By Permission), From the only 
original Portrait by Gilbert Stuart in the Athena;um, Boston. Fub- 
lished by George IV. Childs, Philadelphia. (Copyright, 1S52.) 

The most important work of the engraver, and a very close rendering of the original. 
Welcli was a fine dr.iughtsnian, and a painter, as well as an engraver. A copy of this 
head by him in oil, which has come under the notice of the writer, is well executed and 
good in color. 

352. WILLARD. 

GEORGE WASHINGTON, Inaugurated President 1789. Bust, head 
to left. Vignette. Stipple. 

Height 2 4-16 inches; width 2 216 inches. 

[History of the United States. By Rev. C. A. Goodrich. Hartford, 
1824.] 

353. WOODRUFF. 

WASHINGTON. Bust, head to left. Circular medallion, heading to an 
imperial folio sheet, containing "The Declaration of Independence," 
surrounded by fifteen smaller medallions, two of which contain Busts 
of Adams and Jefferson, the others, coats of arms of the thirteen origi- 
nal States. Line. 

Diameter 3 6- 16 inches. 



GILBERT STUART. 163 



Engraved by Wm. Woodruff. Fhilad", Published Feb^ 20'-^ 1819, by 
William Woodruff. 

354. WOOLLEY. 

Bust, head to left. Oval, with border resthig upon a base, in a folio 
sheet, surrounded by allegorical figures of History, Liberty, Immor- 
tality, Justice, and America. In the lower margin an Urn, and over it 
an Eagle with a laurel wreath. Alezzoiinto. 

Height 8 6- 1 6 inches; width 7 inches. 

Woolley pinxit et sculpsit. David Longworth Direxit. " This print 
from the original Picture in the Possession of Longworth and Wheeler, 
Is by them Dedicated to the memory of His Excellency Geo. Washing- 
ton Esq'." Fublished at the Shakespeare Gallery No 11 Fark N. York. 

Extremely Rare. 

Impressions of the oval with the Portrait alone, taken after the Border, Figures, &c., 
were removed, are common. The head is after Stuart. 



355. WOOLLEY. 

GEORGE WASHINGTON Esqr. Bust, head to left. Oval, in a rect- 
angle. Mezzotinto. 
Height II 11-16 inches; vvlJth 10 inches. 

Woolley pinxit et sculpsit. Fublished at the Shakespeare Gallery No. 
1 1 Fark N. York. Extremely Rare. 

A copy of the Stuart head. Woolley engraved in the same style, a portrait of Mrs. 
Washington, as a companion print. 



356. WRIGHT. 
Bust, head to left. Oval, with border. Zine. 

Height 4 inches; width 38-16 inches. 
Trott Delt. Wright engraver, N. Y. 



i64 GILBERT STUART. 

357. WRIGHT. 

WASHINGTON. Bust, head to left. Ornamented border representing 

a picture frame. Line. 

Height 4 12-16 inches; width 4 inches. 



358. 



GEORGE WASHINGTON. FulIIength. The "Lansdowne Portrait." 
Fully described in the print by James Heath, No. 250. 

Mezzotinto. 
Height 25 6-l6 inches ; width 19 6-16 inches. 

Only one impression of this, has come under the notice of the writer. It appears to 
be the work of an English engraver of no particular merit, and probably executed about 
the commencement of the century. 



o 



59- 



WASHINGTON. FulIIength. The "Lansdowne Portrait." Stipple. 

Height 8 inches; width 5 12-16 inches. 

Only one impression of this, has come under the notice of the writer. It is very rude 
in execution, and the drawing bad in every respect. An early American print. 



360, 



Bust, head to right. Oval, resting upon books labelled "Order, Law, 
Religion." To the left, a lion, with fore feet on a scroll entitled 
"Answer to Addresses," on the right, an eagle, head and neck only 
visible, upon another scroll marked "Last Legacy." At the top of 
the oval, a laurel wreath with diverging rays. To the right, in same 
plate (Ob. 4to), an oval of like size, upon some books, containing the 
portrait of Jefferson, facing. The books are labelled "Sophism, Tom. 
Paine, Voltaire, &c." with a rattlesnake and crocodile in place of the 
lion and eagle. In the lower margin, the quotation from Shakespeare, 
"Look on this Picture and on this, &c. &c." Etched. 

Height 5 inches; width 4 inches. 

New York, June, 1807. Extremely Rare. 



GILBER T STUAR T. 1 65 



A political print and very well executed; no doubt by a foreign artist, as we know no 
American engraver of the time, equal to handling the point with such freedom. Only 
one complete impression has come under our notice, the Portrait of Washington in all 
other cases being found cut apart from the Jefferson. 



361. . 

GEORGE WASHINGTON First President of the United States 
AND LATE Lieutenant General of the American Armies. Bust, 
head to left. Oval. Stipple. 

Height 5 S-i6 inches; width 4 8-16 inches. 

Rare. 

362. . 



G. WASHINGTON Born Feb. ii^« (O. S.) 1732, Died Dec" 14™ 1799. 
Full Bust, head to left. Line. 



Height 8 14-16 inches; width 7 7-16 inches. 



363. 



Rare. 



GEO. WASHINGTON. Bust, head to right. Oval. Stipple. 

Height 2 10-16 inches; width 2 inches. 

Deare's Edition. Dedicated to the Washington Benevolent Societies 
in New Jersey. PublisK d b^ Sold by Lewis Deare, N. Brunswick, JV. 
Jersey. Rare. 

[Washington's Farewell Address to the People of the United States. 
New Brunswick 1813.] 

364. . 



GEN'- GEORGE WASHINGTON. Full Bust, head to right, in the left 
distance, an encampment indistinctly seen. Oval. Stipple. 

Height 3 6-16 inches; width 2 13-16 inches. 

[The Life of George Washington with curious anecdotes &c. &c. 
By M. L. Weems. 25"^ Edition. Philadelphia, 1S23.] 



1 66 GILBERT STUART. 



365- • 

WASHINGTON. Bust, head to left. Circular. Sti^iple. 

Diameter 3 10-16 inches. 

Tub. by J. Price Jr. Philad'^. 

[A New American Biographical Dictionary, Compiled by Thomas J, 
Rogers. Philadelphia, 1829.] 



355. 



Bust, head to right. Oval. Line. 

Height I 14-16 inches; width I 9-16 inches. 

Title Page of "The Book of the Army of the United States. By John 
Frost L. L. D." Aj>J>letofi, New York. 1845. 



367- • 

GEN. GEORGE WASHINGTON. Born February 22''° 1732, ap- 
pointed Commander in chief of the American Army June iij'f" 
1775. Elected first President of the United States March 4'''' 
1789. Died 14''" Dec. 1799. Three quarter length sitting, in the right 
hand a book, and a dress sword lies in the left fore-arm. In the lower 
margin, the Washington arms. Oval, in a rectangle. SiiJ'ple. 

Height 4 4-16 inches; width 3 4-16 inches. 

Engraved from a copy after Stuart. 

The picture was painted by Stuart in 1S22. 



353. . 

Bust, head to right. Oval. Line. 

Height 2 inches; width I 10-16 inches. 

Title Page of "A Pictorial History of the Wars of the United States. 
By John Ledyard Denison A. M. 1S60." 



GILBER T STUAR T. 167 



369. . 

GENERAL WASHINGTON, Late President of the United States 
OF America. Half length, head to left. Oval, with border in a rect- 
angle. Mezzotinto. 
Height 12 inches; width g i2-i6 inches. 

London, Published March 21-'' 1801 by Haines &> Son, No. 19 Rolls 
Buildings, Fetter Lane. 

Only one impression of this, has come under the notice of the writer. 



370- . 

GEORGE WASHINGTON, First President of the United States 
OF America. Bust, head to left. In the background an open book 
case, with a window to the right. Vignette. Stipple. 

Height 2 14-16 inches; width 2 6-16 inches. 

Engraved from an original Picture in the possession of the Marquis 
of Lansdown. London, Willia?n Darton 38 Holborn Hill, i mo. 28, 
1824. Rare. 



371- ■ 

GEORGE WASHINGTON First President of the United States of 
America. Full Bust, head to right. (Lansdowne.) Vignette. 

Stipple. 

Height 3 8-16 inches; width 3 inches. 

Published by G. Smeeton, S' Martin's Church Yard. 



372. 



GEORGE WASHINGTON. Bust, head to left. Border with lion's 
heads, in each corner. Stipple. 

Height 3 inches; width 2 7-16 inches. 

Published March 13, 1824 Ay George Smeeton, 3 Old Bailey. 



1 68 GILBER T STUAR T. 



373- • 

GENERAL WASHINGTON. Full Bust, head to left. Stipple. 

Height 5 6-i6 inches; width 4 11-16 inches. 
London, Published by Ric¥ Evans, 1 7 Paternoster Row 



374. . 

G. WASHINGTON. Bust, head to left. The background ruled perpen- 
dicular, and the corners rounded. Line. 

Height 4 inches ; width 3 inches. 

Caspar Y. Roig Editores Madrid. 

Only one impression of this, has come under the notice of the writer. 



375- 



GEORGE WASHINGTON ESQ"* late President of the United 
States of America. Full length standing, right hand upon a scroll 
upon a table to the left, inscribed "Declaration of Independence." 
To the right, an arm chair, and in the background a curtain drawn up 
at the left, shows some pillars and the open sky. Mezzotinto. 

Height iS inches; width 13 inches. 

Engraved from an original Drawing by Savage. 

Only one impression of this, has come under the notice of the writer. It has the 
Stuart head, and in the general characteristics of the Figure and accessories, resembles 
the " Tea Pot Portrait." 

376. . 

G. WASHINGTON. Half length, head to left. Upper corners rounded. 

Line. 

Height 5 4-i5 inches; width 3 14-16 inches. 



GILBERT STUAR T. 1 69 



377. . 

G.WASHINGTON. Full length. The "Lansdovvne Portrait." Fully 
described in the print by James Heath No. 250. Stipple. 

Height 19 14-16 inches; length 13 4-16 inches. 



378. 



WASHINGTON. Bust, head to right. Oval. Stipple. 

Height 3 7-16 inches; width 2916 inches. 



22 



REMBRANDT PEALE. 

1 795- 

The second son of Charles Willson Peak, was born in Bucks 
County, Pa. (his mother having left Philadelphia on the approach of 
the British Army), on the twenty-second day of February, 1778, his 
Father at the time, being at Valley Forge. 

At an early age, he imbibed a great veneration for the person and 
character of Washington, taking advantage of every opportunity 
which offered of seeing the First President, and when but eight years 
old (1786), stood behind his father's chair, while painting a portrait of 
him for his gallery, watching its progress, and the movements of the 
sitter's countenance, during his familiar conversation with the artist. 
This, surrounded as he was by art, and evincing considerable talent 
as a draughtsman, naturally grew into a controlling desire to paint 
the portrait of Washington himself, and in the autumn (September) of 
1795, Washington, at the request of his father, consented to sit to him, 
but when the hour arrived the youthful aspirant found himself so 
much agitated, that he feared to attempt it unless his father would 
agree to take a canvas alongside of him. 

Mr. Peale, during the winter of 1857-8, delivered a lecture in the 
principal cities of the United States, on "Washington and his Por- 
traits", from a duplicate autograph copy of which, in the possession 
of Robert Coulton Davis, Esqr., of Philadelphia, we are permitted to 
make the following extracts, prcfciring to let the artist sj)eak for him- 
self:— 

(170) 



REMBRANDT PEALE. 



171 



"Washington gave me three sittings. At the first and second, my 
father's painting and mine advanced well together ; being at my right 
hand his was a little less full than viine. In the third sitting, perceiv- 
ing that he was beginning to repaint the forehead and proceed down- 
wards, as was his custom, I feared he would have too little time to 
study the mouth and lower part of the face, and therefore I began at 
the chin and proceeded upwards. The result of this decision was, that 
there was something in the upper part of my father's study that I pre- 
ferred, and something in the lower portion of mine, which better satis- 
fied me. At subsequent periods I made several studies to combine 
them. To profit more fully by the occasion, my uncle James Peale 
during the second and third sittings, painted at my left hand, a minia- 
ture on ivory, and for a time, my elder brother stood beyond my 
uncle, to make a profile sketch. 

" Mrs. Washington happened to enter the room at the moment, and 
being amused by the circumstance, mentioned it to Stuart, who jocu- 
larly told her, she must take good care of her husband, as he was in 
danger of being Peeled all round. 

"Washington gave me three sittings of three hours each, from 7 
to 10. By these early visits, I had the advantage of seeing his hair 
in a more natural manner than the barber arranged it, wig-fashion, 
after 10 o'clock. In this particular, the hair in Col. Trumbull's por- 
trait is much more easy and graceful, as he probably saw it in the 
negligence of a camp. He shaved himself before coming to me, and 
the powder being washed from the whiskers in front of his ears, 
showed that his hair was dark brown. What there was of gray on 
the top of his head, was disguised with powder; yet there his hair was 



1 7 2 REMBRAND T RE ALE. 

abundant, and the plaited hair behind, was long and clubbed, to which 
was attached, on days of state ceremony, in dress of black velvet, the 
customary appendage of a black silk bag. 

"My Portrait wet from the Easel, was packed up and in a few days 
was opened in Charleston, where I painted ten copies of it, which were 
valued as the most recent likeness. In executing these, I became 
familiar with whatever good it possessed, but also, became still more 
sensitive to its deficiencies. 

"After the death of Washington neither satisfied with my father's 
nor Trumbull's, nor Pine's, nor Wertmuller's, nor Stuart's, nor my 
own, I made repeated attempts to fix on canvas, the Image which was 
so strong in my mind, by an effort of combination, chiefly of my 
father's, and my own studies. 

"I had made during several years, sixteen of these attempts; and 
tho' not equal to my own expectation, they all found satisfied possess- 
ors. I determined in 1823, to make a last effort; and under an ex- 
citement even beyond the 'Poetic frenzy', which controlled me during 
three months, to the exclusion of every other thought, and to the 
grief of my father, who considered it a hopeless effort, I succeeded to 
his conviction." 

This portrait, Mr. Peale carried abroad with him in 1829, exhibiting 
it in Naples, Rome, Florence, Paris, and London, and sold it after his 
return (1832), to the Government. It is in senatorial costume, and 
hangs in the Vice President's room in the Capitol at Washington. Mr. 
Peale, from time to time, made many copies of it (76). A portrait in 
military costume, the study for an equestrian picture to commemorate 
the Siege of Yorktown, was simultaneously painted, and from this 



RE MB RAND T PEALE. 1 73 

also, he made careful copies. Mr. Peale also drew the head twice on 
the lithographic stone, one of which is larger than life. 

Rembrandt Peale, studied in London under Benjamin West, between 
1 801 and 1804, and subsequently, passed some years in Paris, exe- 
cuting portraits of eminent men for his Father's Gallery. He died at 
Philadelphia, October 3, i860. 

The lithographic drawings by Peale being original works, are 
included in our list, the rule of admitting none but plate engravings, 
being very properly waived in such a case. The one first mentioned, 
is an exceedingly interesting production, admirably drawn, a fine ex- 
ample of the art, and a perfect fac-simile of the original painting. It 
is closely copied in the mezzotinto by Walter. 

In a communication to William Dunlap, (Arts of Design vol 2 pa. 
57), Mr. Peale has furnished the following facts, concerning this print, 
and his study of Lithography. " I was among the first of the artists 
who employed this admirable method of multiplying original draw- 
ings. My first attempt in New York, was a head of Lord Byron, and 
a female head from a work of Titian, In 1826, I went to Boston, and 
devoted myself for some time to lithographic studies, and executed a 
number of portraits and other subjects, and finally, a large drawing 
from my portrait of Washington, for which I obtained the silver 
medal from the Franklin Institute at Philadelphia, in 1827. Unfortu- 
nately, the workmen by some neglect, destroyed this drawing on the 
stone, when but a few impressions were taken." 

The head by H. B. Hall executed in line, is a fine example of that 
engraver's abilities, and a close rendering of the original. The Por- 
trait painted from life in 1795, has not been engraved. The prints in 
the appended list are after the one executed in 1823. 



1 7 4 RE MB RAND T PEALE. 

379. PEALE. 

PATRIAE PATER. Full Bust, head three quarters to right. Oval, with 
border surrounded by an oak wreath in a rectangle, the whole, imitating 
stone work. A cloak or mantle hangs over the front of the oval, with 
a colossal antique head as a Keystone. The Title, beneath the oval. 

Lithograph. 
Height 19 6-16 inches; width 15 6-16 inches. 

Drawn on stone by Rembrandt Peale. Copyright secured 1827. 
Pendleton' s Lithography, Boston. Very Rare. 

380. PEALE. 

WASHINGTON. Bust, head three quarters to right. Lithograph. 

Height 23 inches; width 19 inches. 

Drawn by Rembrandt Peale from his original Portrait. Copy Right 
secured 1856. Duval &" Co. 

381. HALL. 

Bust, head three quarters to right. Vignette. Stipple. 

Height 4 3-16 inches; width 4 inches. 

Rembrandt Peale. H. B. Hall. New York G. P. Putnam. 

[Life of George Washington, By Washington Irving. New York 
1856-59-] 

382. HALL. 

WASHINGTON. Bust, head three quarters to right. Vignette. Line. 

Height 4 3-16 inches; width 4 inches. 

Eng'' by H. B. Hall, N. Y. 1S65. After a painting by Rembrandt 
Peale. 

[Washingtoniana, or Memorials of the Death of George Washington. 
By Franklin B. Hough. Roxbury, Mass., 1865.] 



REAIBRAND T PEALE. 1 75 

383. METZEROTH. 
WASHINGTON before the Battle of Yorktown, giving orders to 

COMMENCE THE ENTRENCHMENTS, ACCOMPANIED BY LaFAYETTE, KNOX, 

Lincoln, and Rochambeau. Full figure in uniform, on horseback. 

Line. 

Height 3 inches; width 3 2-16 inches. 

Rembrandt Peale pxt. R. Metzeroth sc. 



384. WALTER. 

G. WASHINGTON. Full Bust, head three quarters to right. Oval, 
with border surrounded by an oak wreath in a rectangle, the whole, 
engraved to represent stone work. A cloak or mantle, hangs over the 
front of the oval, with a colossal antique head as a Key-stone. Beneath 
the oval, the words "Patriae Pater." Mezzolinio. 

Height 19 inches; width 15 2-16 inches. 

Rembrandt Peale pinx'. Adam B. Walter sculpt. Published by C. 
N. Robinson No 2 48 Chestnut St. Philad". 

A close copy of the Lithograph No. 379. 



WILLIAM BIRCH. 



1796. 



Enamel Painter and Engraver, was born in Warwick, England, and 
practiced in London. He exhibited at the Academy for the first time 
in 1781, and received the Society of Arts Medal in 1785, for excellence 
in his art, and improvements in the processes. In 1794, he came to 
the United States, and settled in Philadelphia. Birch executed a min- 
iature in enamel of Washington, which according to the inscription on 
the engraving of it made by Walker, was painted (1796), from life, in 
the office of His Excellency The General, by the request of I. G. Van 
Staphorst, Esqr. of Amsterdam. It will be remembered, that the Van 
Staphorsts and the extensive mercantile house of John De Neufville & 
Son of Amsterdam, were firm friends of America, during the revolu- 
tionary struggle. The Artist, made several copies of this miniature. 

William Birch died at Philadelphia, in 1834. Of the prints in the 
appended list, the one engraved by P. Roberts after a painting by " W. 
Birch of Carolina," and repeated as to the head, by W. Read, and in 
another without engraver's name, published at Paris by "Menard & 
Desenne," presents a portrait, somewhat different from the miniature 
known to us, and from which, the engravings by Walker, Edwin, 
Hall, and the one printed on satin (no. 391), engraver unknown, were 
executed. We have no knowledge of any other portrait painted by 
Birch, beside the miniature above referred to, and although the head 
in the Roberts print, docs not b.car much resemblance to it, have 
(176) 



WILLIAM BIR CH. 177 



presumed the lettering to be correct, and placed it in this connection. 
The engravings by Edwin and Hall and No. 391, are well executed, 
and are decidedly the best renderings of the miniature, the one by 
Walker, not being very good in that respect. 



385. EDWIN. 

GEO. WASHINGTON. Full Bust, head three quarters to right. Oval, 
with narrow border, in the upper part of a rectangle. An eagle with 
laurel wreath, rests upon the top of the oval, and around the sides and 
base, are flags, laurel branches and war emblems. Over the eagle, a 
circlet of ten stars. The Title, in a tablet, in the rectangle. Stipple. 

Height 66-16 inches; width 3 13-16 inches. 

Edwin sc. 

[American Artillerist's Companion, or Elements of Artillery. By 
Louis De Tousard. Philadelphia, 1809.] 



386. HALL, 

Full Bust, head three quarters to right. Vignette. Line. 

Height 3 8-16 inches; width 3 inches. 

Eng* by H. B. Hall, N. Y., from an original miniature by W". Birch, 
in the Possession of Chas. G. Barney, Esqr. (Private Plate.) 

One hundred and twenty-five impressions taken, and the plate destroyed. 

387. READ. 

WASHINGTON. Bust, head three quarters to right, the left hand thrust 
in the breast. Vignette. Stipple. 

Height 2 inches; width I 11-16 inches. 

W. Read sc. London, Published Janf 9, 1823 dy Sir R. Phillips &■ 
Co Bride Court, Bridge Street. 

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178 WILLIAM BIRCH. 



388. . 

GEORGE WASHINGTON, Ne A Bridges Creek le 22 Fevrier 1732, 
MoRT LE 14 Decembre 1799. Bust, head three quarters to right. Oval, 
with border, in the upper part of a rectangle, above a tablet in which 
is the Title. Line. 

Height 5 11-16 inches; width 3 Ii-i5 inches. 

A Paris, chez Menard &> Desenne, Rue Git-le- Ca-ur N" 8. 

Proofs which are rare, have the title, " Washington," in open letters, the tablet with- 
out lines. 



389. ROBERTS. 

GEORGE WASHINGTON, Late President of the United States of 
America. Full Bust, head three quarters to right, the left hand thrust 
in the breast. Oval, with border resembling a picture frame, leaning 
against some rocks in a landscape, and surrounded by flags and war 
emblems. In the background, the rays of a setting sun. Oblong 
quarto sheet. Stipple. 

Height 4 inches; width 3 6-i6 inches. 

Painted by W. Birch, Esq., of Carolina. Engraved by P. Roberts. 
"This Plate is Humbly Dedicated to the Friends of the above Gentle- 
man by their most obedient Humble Serv' P. Roberts." London, Pub- 
lished as the act directs April 10, 1800, by P. Roberts at M'' Hollands. 

Rare. 

390. WALKER. 

HIS EXCEL'' GEN'- GEO" WASHINGTON. Full Bust, head three 
quarters to right. The centre of an ornamented rectangle. Above, 
the Sun dispersing clouds, and beneath, a female figure with right hand 
on a bundle of fasces, and a child holding a pole, surmounted by a 
liberty cap. Line. 

Height 7 3-16 inches; width 5 io-i6 inches. 

Engraved by J. G. Walker From a Picture by W. Birch 1796. Painted 
from life in the office of His Excellency The General, by the request of 
I. G. Van Staphorst Esq'' of Amsterdam, in whose possession the original 
Portrait now is. "To I. G. Van Staphorst Esq'' the particular Friend 



WILLIAM BIR CH. 179 



of the General, This Print is with permission most respectfully Inscribed, 
by His obliged & obedt. Servant J. G. Walker." Published as the act 
directs June 21, 1800 by M'' Bowyer Historic Gallery Fall Mall, M'' E. 
Wilkinson No 58 Cornhill, M" Brewer the corner of Newgate Street fir* 
J. G, Walker Church Lane, Hammersmith. 

Proofs, which are extremely rare, two only having come under the notice of the 
writer, have the address as follows, in traced letters, " Publish'd as the Act directs 
June 16, 1800 by J. G. Walker, Hammersmith." 



391- • 

Full Bust, head three quarters to left. Oval. Stipple. 

Height 5 12-16 inches; width 4 10-16 inches. 

Only one impression of this has come under the notice of the writer. It is before 
all letters, and printed on satin, probably the production of an English engraver in the 
early part of the century. 



392. . 

Full Bust, head three quarters to left. Circle, surrounded by an outer 
line of laurel leaves, forming a border. Stipple. 

Diameter 2 12-16 inches. 

[The Columbiad, a Poem. By Joel Barlow. Paris, 1813.] 



393- 



Bust, head three quarters to left. Oval, surrounded by a wreath, and in- 
closed by circular lines. Between the oval and the lines, the words 
"Columbian Total Abstinence Society." Beneath the Circle, "Aux. 
To Washington T. B. S." Line. 

Height I 12-16 inches; width I 6-16 inches. 



JAMES SHARPLESS. 

1796. 

An Englishman by birth, was educated in France, being intended for 
the priesthood in the Roman Catholic Church. He, however, pre- 
ferred the Fine Arts, married after his return to England, and came to 
this country with his family about the year 1796, landing at New York. 
He painted in oil, but seems to have practiced mostly in crayons or 
pastils, which he manufactured for himself. Sharpless visited all the 
principal cities and towns in the United States, travelling in a four 
wheeled coach of his own contrivance, which carried the whole family, 
himself, wife and three children, and all his implements, and was 
drawn by one large horse. 

His Portraits, executed usually in profile upon a small scale, include 
most of the distinguished persons of the time, and are valued for their 
character and truth. 

When in Philadelphia in 1796, Sharpless drew a profile likeness in 
pastil of Washington, from life, which has been pronounced by mem- 
bers of the family most able to judge, as the best likeness extant. The 
artist made many copies from it, as did also Mrs. Sharpless, who 
painted miniatures in water colors. 

James Sharpless died in New York, February 6, 181 1, at the age of 
about sixty years. 

The engraving by H. B. Hall, is the only one from this profile, 
although it has been reproduced several times on wood. It is well 
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JAMES SHARPLESS. i8i 

executed, and is a fair rendering of the original drawing. A resem- 
blance to this head is introduced into the Memorial Design, engraved 
by Aikin & Harrison No. 400, a military coat, however, being added. 

394. HALL. 

G. WASHINGTON. Head and Bust, in profile to left. Vignette. 

Line. 
Height 3 inches; width 3 inches, 

Eng*by H. B. Hall, from a miniature painted from life by Sharpless, 
in 1796. (Private Plate.) 



CHARLES BALTHAZAR JULIEN FEVRET 
DE SAINT MEMIN. 

1798. 

To whom we are indebted for the last portrait of Washington taken 
from life, was born at Dijon, France, on the 12th day of March, 1770, 
and quite early in life, showed an aptitude for design, and displayed 
considerable mechanical talent. 

Destined for the profession of arms, he entered as a cadet at the 
military school in Paris, April i, 1784, was appointed supernumerary 
Ensign in the following year, and Ensign April 27, 1788. His sympa- 
thies at the outbreak of the French Revolution, were with the Royal 
family, and the army of the Princes being formed, he joined it, and 
served in that organization until it was disbanded, at which time he 
was entitled to the rank of lieutenant-colonel, which was afterwards 
(Jan. 29, 1 8 17), conferred upon him by Louis XVIII, taking grade 
from May i, 1792. While with the army, he turned his attention, 
during his leisure hours, to drawing and painting. 

He came to America from Switzerland, where he had learned to 
gild and carve in wood, landing in Canada in 1793, and from thence 
going to New York, in which city he learned to engrave. 

Towards the end of the last century, a Frenchman named Chretien, 
had invented a machine, by means of which he copied the human pro- 
file mathematically accurate. This invention, termed physionotracy, 
had great success. Saint Memin, knowing of the popularity of this 
process, practiced also by Queneday and others, determined to intro- 
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SAINT MEMIN. 183 



duce it into this country, and therefore applied himself to the construc- 
tion of such a machine, according to his understanding of it, and also 
made a pantograph. 

His profiles, were produced of life size by the physionotrace, and 
finished in crayon, the pantograph reducing them to the size required 
for the plate, the portrait being drawn on the copper, in a circle of a 
little more than two inches in diameter. Having thus obtained the 
perfect outline, the details were worked up by the graver, the shading 
being finished by the roulette, the latter tool made by a machine of his 
own invention. 

These profile portraits produced very rapidly, number about eight 
hundred and twenty, and are interesting, most of them being like- 
nesses of the prominent personages of the time, Saint iVIemin travelling 
to all the principal cities of the Union for that purpose, his summers 
being passed with the family at Burlington, N. J., where he executed 
the engravings. In this, he was assisted at first by a fellow-exile 
M. de Valnuit, and the plates produced previous to 1797, when Val- 
nuit returned to France, bear both their signatures. These plates, 
became the property of the different sitters, Saint Memin retaining 
only a i&vi impressions, for his private collection. 

While in Philadelphia in 1798, Saint Memin secured a profile of 
Washington, who was in that city during the month of November, 
engaged in organizing the army for the threatened war with France. 
This drawing was not engraved at the time like the others, being as it 
would appear, an undertaking of his own, and was retained by him. 
It was purchased after his death, from his nephew and heir, and is 
now in the possession of J. Carson Brevoort, Esqr., of Brooklyn, N. Y. 



1 84 SAINT MEMIN. 



It is a Bust in uniform, half life-size, drawn in crayon on tinted paper, 
is strikingly characteristic, and bears every evidence of originality. 
The engraving by Dudensing, is a fair rendering of this interesting 
profile, the last portrait of Washington, taken from life. 

Saint Memin made a short visit to France in 1810, and returned 
finally in 18 14. At the time of his decease, which occurred June 23, 
1852, he was Director of the museum at Dijon, to which office he had 
been appointed July 27, 18 17. 

After his return to France, Saint Memin arranged the impressions 
retained by him of his different plates, in two sets, adding the names 
of the originals, which being done from memory, are not always 
correct. These sets purchased at the same time as the above men- 
tioned drawing (November 1859), were brought to this countiy. One 
of them is in the " Corcoran Gallery of Art" Washington, and the 
other is owned by Elias Dexter of New York, who published photo- 
graphic copies of them in 1862. 

All of these prints except two of Washington, are of the same size. 
One of the Washington's is marked "Houdon," (the drawing, life- 
size, is also owned by Mr. Brevoort) and the other is founded on the 
drawing above referred to. The latter, an oval, quite small, is beauti- 
fully executed, and it is presumed was not outlined on the plate in his 
usual manner. This is the print first mentioned in the list. 

395. SAINT MEMIN, 

WASHINGTON. Profile Bust, in uniform to right. Oval. 

Height 10-16 inch; width 8-16 inch. 

Only three impressions of this original print, have come under the notice of the 
writer. 



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396. . 

Profile Bust, in uniform to right. Oval, surrounded by laurel branches, 
with diverging rays. At the top, a pen and sword crossed, and be- 
neath, on a ribbon "First in war, First in peace and First in the hearts 
of his Countrymen." Stipple. 

Height 10-16 inch; width 8-16 inch. 

[Valedictory address of Washington to the People of the United 
States. Philadelphia, Pub. by Bradford & Inskeep; Inskeep & Brad- 
ford, New York, & William Mcllhenny, Boston. Preface dated 18 10.] 

Extremely rare. 

A remarkably close copy of the preceding print. 



397. DUDENSING. 

GEORGE WASHINGTON. Bust in uniform, in profile to left. Vignette. 

Stl/ple. 

Height 3 4-16 inches; width 3 inches. 

From the original Portrait done in Crayon by C. B. J. F. de St. 
Memin, and now 1S66, in the possession of J. Carson Brevoort Esqr. 
£lias Dexter, 564 Broadway, New York. 



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SILHOUETTES. 



Of this style of Portraiture, so popular a century ago, there appear 
to be only two examples of our subject, at least known to the writer, 
which have been reproduced through the plate of the engraver. In 
the last years of the Presidency, an interesting one of this character 
was taken by Samuel Powel, Mayor of Philadelphia (1775 & 1789), 
traced on the wall by a shadow thrown from an Argand lamp, which 
had just then been invented. This, slightly reduced in size, was re- 
produced on stone, for the "American Historical and Literary Curi- 
osities," Second Series, By John J. Smith, and is now in possession of 
the Massachusetts Historical Society, and published considerably 
smaller, by the Heliotype process, in their proceedings of i873-'7S- 

Another cut with scissors, by Miss De Hart of Elizabethtown, N. J. 
1783, is well known through its publication on wood, in Irving's Life 
of Washington. It is extremely unlike any known profile of Wash- 
ington. 

Both of the prints in our list, give characteristic profiles, and on that 
account are quite interesting. 



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SILHOUETTES. 187 



398. 



GEO. WASHINGTON ESQ"* President of the United States. Bust 
in uniform, profile to left. Vignette. 

Height 2 8- 1 6 inches; width I 12-16 inches. 

From his Profile taken in 1791. Published by J. Easton, Salisbury, 
1796. 

[An Excursion to the United States of North America in the Summer 
of 1794. By Henry Wansey, F.A.S. Salisbury, 1796.] 

Later impressions, have the Title, " Genera! Washington President of the United 
States." 



399- • 

Bust in uniform, profile to right. Surrounded by a border, Grecian pat- 
tern; at the top, a ribbon tied into a bow. 

Height 3 12-16 inches; width 3 2-16 inches. 
Only one impression of this, has come under the notice of the writer. 



MEMORIAL DESIGNS. 



Under this head, will be found such portraits as have been intro- 
duced into designs, commemorative of the death and virtues of one, of 
whom it has been said, that "Until time shall be no more, will a test 
of the progress which our race has made in wisdom and in virtue, be 
derived, from the veneration paid to the immortal name of Washing- 
ton." 

These designs, mostly monumental in character, were published 
shortly after the decease of Washington, and have now become with 
one or two exceptions, extremely rare. They are very interesting as 
evidences of the deep undercurrent of feeling at the time, which 
sought expression in every available manner. All the engravings in 
this list, were executed by American engravers. 

None of the portraits, are very close to any original, although it has 
been thought proper as a guide, to indicate in the descriptions, such 
types as the designer no doubt intended to convey. 

400. AIKIN & HARRISON. 

america lamenting her loss at the tomb of washington. 
Intended as a tribute of respect paid to departed merit & virtue 
IN THE Remembrance of that illustrious Hero & most amiable 
MAN who Died Dec. 14, 1799. Profile Bust, in uniform, to right. 
Oval medallion, upon the shaft of a Monument, surmounted by a 
funereal urn. Over tlie medallion, a wreath, and beneath, " G. Wash- 
ington." Upon a tablet, the following inscription. 
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MEMORIAL DESIGNS. 189 



Born 11'" Feby O. S., 1732. 
Com. Cont. Army, 1775. 
Pres. Fed. Convention, 1787. 
Pres. United States, 17S9. 
Declined Election, 1796. 
Com. Fed. Army, 1798. 

America, represented by a female figure leaning upon the base of the 
Monument, to the right. On either side, cypress and willow trees, and 
in the immediate foregound, an eagle with bowed head. Line. 

Height II 12-16 inches; width 7 6-16 inches. 

Designed, Engraved 6^ Published, by Aikin b" Harrison /itn'', Philad'^ 
/any 20'"* 1800. 

Only two impressions of this, have come under the notice of the writer. The profde 
resembles the Sharpless Portrait. 

401, ECKSTEIN. 

FULL FIGURE, in uniform, standing upon a pedestal, head to right, a 
baton in the extended right hand, the left, resting lightly upon the sword 
hilt at his side. The coat is buttoned, with the order of the Cincinnati 
on the left. On the left of the figure, a bundle of fasces against the trunk 
of a tree, upon a branch of which is a cocked hat. In the background, 
and to the right and left, representations of various battles. Upon the 
pedestal engraved to imitate marble, "First in war, First in Peace, and 
First in the Hearts of his Country." (Head after Stuart.) Stipple. 

Height 23 4-16 inches; width 18 13-16 inches. 

Designed, Engrav' d 6^ Publish' d, by John Eckstein Philad". "To 
the Honorable the Society of the Cincinnati, this Monument of Gen' 
George Washington, Is very respectfully inscribed by the artist." 

Extremely rare. 

402. EDWIN. 

APOTELEOSIS OF WASHINGTON. Full figure seated on clouds, a 
cherub in the act of crowning him with a laurel wreath. Beneath, to 
the right, a view of the Mansion at Mount Vernon. Stipple. 

Height 20 14-16 inches; width 14 10-16 inches. 



I90 MEMORIAL DESIGNS. 

Painted by R. Peal. Engrav'd by Edwin. Published by S. Ken- 
nedy, iV" 129 Chesnut St. corner of <^"\ Philadelphia. Rare. 

403. GRIDLEY. 

PATER PATRI^. Bust in uniform, head three quarters to right. Oval 
medallion, upon the shaft of a Monument pyramidal in shape, sur- 
mounted by a funereal urn. The medallion is supported by Minerva, 
and Fame holds over it by her left hand, a laurel wreath which encir- 
cles the title; in her mouth a trumpet, from which hangs a banner in- 
scribed Trenton, Princetown, Monmouth, Yorktown. In a tablet 
upon the base, to which the Genius of America is pointing with averted 
head, the inscription in seven lines, "Sacred to the memory of the truly 
Illustrious George Washington, Renowned in War, Great in the Senate, 
and possessed of every Qualification to render him worthy the Title of 
a Great and Good man." Upon the plinth, "Born Feb. 22, 1732, Ob. 
Dec. 14, 1799." In the right foreground, a soldier wearing a conical 
shaped hat, is expressing grief, his gun upon the ground. The Genii of 
War, Liberty and Truth with emblems, surround the shaft. (Head 
after Savage.) Line. 

Height 13 inches; width S 14-16 inches. 

Painted by John Coles jun. Eng'' by E. G. Gridley. (Boston, 
July 28, 1800.) Extremely rare. 

404. MAVERICK. 
GEN. GEORGE WASHINGTON departed this life Dec" 14™ 1799. 

M. 67. AND THE TEARS OF A NATION WATERED HIS GrAVE. Full Bust 

in uniform, head to right. Oval, with border; in the upper half of the 
border, the words "Sacred to the memory of the brave," in the lower 
half, eighteen stars. The oval rests on a base, upon which the lines, 

"Washington's no more, by silence grief's expiess'd, 
Lo ! here he hes, his works proclaim the rest." 

A medallion upon the base, contains the title &c, in eight lines. 

Stifple. 
Height 4 12-16 inches; width 4 3-16 inches. 



MEMORIAL DESIGNS. 191 



P. Maverick. Newark, N. Jersey. 

From a folio sheet, containing verses &c engraved in script, entitled " Eulogium, 
sacred to the memory of the Illustrious George Washington, Columbia's Great and suc- 
cessful son, Hcmored be his name." Designed, written and Published, by Benjamin O. 
Tyler, Professor of Penmanship, New York 1815. The head is after Stuart. 



405. SEYMOUR. 

In Memory of GEN"- GEORGE WASHINGTON and his Lady. Busts 
of Washington and Mrs. Washington, facing each other, upon a large 
funereal urn on a pedestal, placed in a landscape beneath a weeping 
willow. Washington in uniform, head three quarters to right. In the 
back-ground, a view of the Mansion House and out buildings at Mt. 
Vernon. Three figures, two of whom are females (one weeping), are 
advancing from the left. (The head resembles Savage.) Stipple. 

Height II 5-16 inches; length 16 8-16 inches. 

S. Seymour Fecit. Philad" Jan. i, 1804, Published by J. Savage ac- 
cording to Law. 

406. TANNER. 

COMMEMORATION OF WASHINGTON. Full Figure, surrounded 
by clouds rising from a tomb, supported by Time and Immortality, the 
latter pointing upwards. To the left, figures of Faith, Hope and 
Charity. In the fore-ground to the right, an Indian with bowed head, 
and to the left, Liberty with war emblems at her feet. On the tomb, 
the inscription "Sacred to the Memory of Washington, Ob. 14 Dec. 
A. D. 1799 .^t. 68." I. J. Barralet Fecit. Stipple. 

Height 24 inches; width 18 6-16 inches. 

Fhiladelphia, Published by Simon Chaudron and John J. Barralet. 
Jan^ 1802. 

Later impressions printed in tint, have, " Dr.iwn and engraved by J. J. Barralet" 
and " Published 22"'' Feby. 1S16 by B. Tanner Engraver N" 74 South Eighth .Street 
Philadelphia." 



192 MEMORIAL DESIGNS. 



407. TIEBOUT. 

GEO. WASHINGTON. Full figure in uniform, upon a pedestal, in the 
middle distance of the design. In the right hand, an open scroll in- 
scribed "Friends and Fellow citizens," the left, upon a sword at his 
side. Army and navy emblems on each side of the pedestal, upon 
which is the title. In the immediate fore-ground in front of the statue, 
a large funereal urn upon a pedestal, on which in a tablet, "Sacred to 
Patriotism." In the back-ground, a view of Bowling Green, New York. 

Line. 
Height l5 10-16 inches; width 10 4-16 inches. 

Designed & Drawn by Chas. Buxton M.D. Tiebout sculp. 

Only one impression of tliis, has come under the notice of tlie writer. The head is 
after Stuart. 



408. 



BUST, head to right, in an oval medallion (i 8-16 X i 2-16) upon a Pyra- 
mid in the middle distance, over which a figure of Fame with trumpet. 
In the immediate fore-ground, an urn beneath which, the words "Born 
Feby. 11, 1732 O. S. Died Decetnb. 16"" 1799. Lived, respected and 
Fear'd, Died, Lamented and rever'd." On the right a figure of Jus- 
tice, and on the left Columbia lamenting. Palm trees on either side. 

Line. 

Height 10 6-16 inches; width 9 i2-l6 inches. 

"Columbia, lamenting the loss of her son. 
Who redeem'd her from Slavry & Liberty won. 
While Fame, is directed, by Justice to spread, 
The sad tidings afar, that Washington 's dead." 

Philadelphia, Published by Pember &' Luzardes, 1800. 

Only one impression of this, has come under the notice of the writer. The head is 
after Stuart. 



FICTITIOUS PORTRAITS. 



The prints included in this list, with the exception of those by HoU 
and Laugier, in both of which the Stuart head is introduced, and the 
one in armor, which indicates the Peale Portrait, seem to have been 
made to order, either in the case of the smaller ones, for careless pub- 
lishers, or in regard to the larger, created at the whim of the painter 
or engraver. 

In one or two, such as that engraved by Chapman and the one pub- 
lished in the Emigrant's Directory, which is a copy of the head in the 
print by Bell, they are without doubt, actual portraits of other person- 
ages, the name of Washington being substituted on the plate, in lieu 
of the correct one. The book-plate published by Symonds, London, 
1796, representing an elderly gentleman in full dress, in the posture of 
a dancing master, and awkward at that, was perhaps intended as a 
caricature on the supposed inability of any American, to appear prop- 
erly in polite society, the name of Washington as President, being 
affixed, to give it more point. 

The print by Best, after a painting by Christian Schussele, repre- 
senting Washington at Valley Forge, with the Duche letter, is very 
well engraved. Those by Perine and Walter, "Washington as a 
Mason," are after the same picture, but we have no information as to 
the artist. 

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409. BAKER. 

WASHINGTON Crossing the Delaware. Full figure in uniform, on 
horseback, military cloak and chapeau with cockade, advancing to the 
right. A field glass drawn fully out, in the right hand. The horse is 
richly caparisoned, the holster covered with a large rosette, upon which 
is the letter W. The background is formed from heavy masses of rock, 
and through an opening to the left, soldiers are advancing. To the 
right, a view of the river, with the troops crossing in boats. Etched. 

Height 15 inches; width 12 10-16 inches. 

I. Baker. Entered according to act of Congress by H. Phelps, in the 
office of the Clerk of the Dist. Ct. of the U. S. for the Southern Dis' 
of N. Y, 

Only one impression of this, has come under the notice of the writer. 



410. BAKER. 

WASHINGTON (crossing the Delaware). Full figure, in uniform and 
chapeau, on horseback advancing to the right, an extended field glass 
in his right hand. In the rear to the right, the river, and troops cross- 
ing and preparing to cross. Without sky or inclosing lines. Etched. 

Height 13 S-16 inches; width 12 inches. 

Published by Humphrey Phelps, 336 Boivery &> 157 Broadway N. 
York, Aug'* i'' 1833. Extremely rare. 

An entirely different print, from the preceding one. 



411. BELL. 

THE WASHINGTON FAMILY. Full length, in uniform and chapeau, 
standing upon a portico at the head of a flight of steps, taking leave of 
Mrs. Washington preparatory to a ride. A riding whip in the left hand, 
the right extended towards Mrs. Washington, who stands about the 
centre of the print. A negro groom in waiting with a saddle horse, at 
the extreme right. Three young people, a boy and two girls, one of 
whom is seated, are at the left. To the right, the view of a distant 
landscape. Mezzotinto. 



FICTITIOUS PORTRAITS. 195 



Height 17 12-16 inches; width 23 11-16 inches. 

Painted by J. Paul Jun' Philadelphia. Engraved byE. Bell London. 
Published Dece7>iber 1" 1800, by Atkins and Nightingale N" 14^ Lead- 
enhall Street London df No. 35 North Front Street, Philadelphia. 

Extremely rare. 



412. . 

GENERAL WASHINGTON. Bust, in uniform and chapeau, head 
three quarters to left. Vignette. Stipple. 

Height 4 inches; width 3 inches. 

Published as the act directs for I. Sumner 6^ Co. Shakespeare Press, 
Wigan. 

[Emigrant Directory. London, 1820.] 

This head, the same as in the preceding print, was also engraved (in stipple), to the 
right; the centre of an oblong quarto sheet, with the heads of Locke, Newton, Pope 
and another iu each corner. 



413. BEST. 

G. WASHINGTON. Full length in uniform, seated at a table upon 
which is a military cloak. Head to right. A sword rests against the 
chair, and a letter is held in the right hand. Line. 

Height 21 S16 inches; width 16 7-16 inches. 

Painted by C. Schussele. Engraved by Edward S. Best. 

This plate, has not been properly lettered. The correct title is " WASHINGTON And 
The Duch£ Letter, Valley Forge 1777." 

414. BROWN. 

WASHINGTON. Full figure in uniform (overcoat), on horseback, ad- 
vancing to the front, head in profile to right. A chapeau in the ex- 
tended right hand, the left on the breast, as if receiving a salute. 

Etched. 
Height 5 3-16 inches; width 4 2-i5 inches. 



196 FICTITIOUS PORTRAITS. 



J. L. Brown sc. Paris, Cadart &' Luce Ediieitrs, Imprimeurs, Rue 

N^' des Mathurins 58. 

415. CHAPMAN. 

GEORGE WASHINGTON. Bust, in uniform and chapeau, head three 
quarters to right. Oval. Stipple. 

Height 3 inches; width 2 6-16 inches. 

R. K. Porter Delin. J. Chapman sculp'. Engraved for Mackenzie & 
Dent's Select Biography. 



This was also printed in tint. 



416. HOLL. 



WASHINGTON receiving a Salute on the Field of Trenton. Full 
figure, in uniform on horseback, advancing to the right, a drawn sword 
in extended right hand. His hat resting in the fore-arm, is held by the 
left hand. Line. 

Height 24 inches; width 17 10-16 inches. 

John Faed R. S. A. W" Hell. Published exclusively for Subscribers, 
by the " National Art Association.'^ New York 1865. 

An admirable engraving, of an admirable picture. The horse, which is exceedingly 
well drawn, is said to have been painted by R. Ansdell, the composition of the picture 
being by Faed. Head after Stuart. 



417. LAUGIER. 

WASHINGTON. Full length, in uniform standing, head to left, a field 
glass in the right hand. To the left a mounted cannon, and to the 
right partly in the rear, a horse led by a soldier. In the distance to the 
left, on the opposite bank of a river, fortifications. Line. 

Height 25 4-16 inches; width 21 inches. 

Engraved by Laugier 1839. Painted by Cogniet 1836. "The head 
from the original Painting by G. Stuart in the Athenceum, Boston." 



FICTITIOUS PORTRAITS. 197 



418. . 

HIS EXCELLENCY GEORGE WASHINGTON ESQ" Captain Gene- 
ral OF ALL THE AMERICAN FORCES. Full length, in uniform and cocked 
hat, a baton in the extended right hand, while the left rests upon the 
muzzle of a cannon. Head, nearly in profile to left. In the left dis- 
tance, a commander's marquee and tents. Litie. 

Height 6 12-16 inches ; width 4 inches. 

[An Impartial History of the War in America between Great Britain 
and Her Colonies from its Commencement to the end of the year 1779. 
London & Carlisle 1780.] 

Impressions of this plate occur, taken after the sky, tents and marquee, were removed. 
They show considerable wear. 

419. NORMAN. 

HIS EX" GEORGE WASHINGTON ESQ. Captain General of 
ALL THE American Forces. Full length, in uniform and cocked hat, 
a field glass in the extended right hand, and resting by the left upon 
the muzzle of a large cannon. Line. 

Height 6 inches; width 3 14-16 inches. 
J. Norman sc. Extremely rare. 

[An Impartial History of the War in America between Great Britain 
and the United States from its Commencement to the end of the War. 
Boston, 1781-82.] 

Copy of the preceding print. 

420. FERINE. 

WASHINGTON as a Mason. Full length standing, in Masonic Regalia, 
the right hand on an upright book (upon a table), labelled "Ancient 
Masonic Constitutions," the left, holds a mallet upon a pedestal. Oval. 

Meizotinto. 
Height 8 3-16 inches; width 6 3-16 inches. 

Eng'^ by Geo. E. Ferine. From a Photograph. Published by Moore 
Ssf Co. Ill Nassau St. New York. 



198 FICTITIOUS PORTRAITS. 

421. PINHAS. 

GEORG. WASHINGTON. Full figure, in uniform and chapeau, on 
horseback advancing to the left, a drawn sword in extended right hand. 
A palm tree in the background to the left, and some negroes and low 
buildings in the right. The landscape southern in character. Line. 

Height 5 14-16 inches; width 4 inches. 

H. Pinhas sc. Extremely rare. 

422. SASSO. 

GIORGIO WASHINGTON. Full length, standing on the bank of a 
river, right hand in the breast, the left, the arm parallel with the body, 
open the palm downwards. On the right, two male figures, one about 
entering a small boat. To the left, a palm tree. 

Height 6 12-16 inches; widlh 4 10 16 inches. 

G. B. Bosio dis. G. A. Sasso inc. 
Only one impression of this, has come under the notice of the writer. 

423. SCOTT. 

GENER.\L WASHINGTON. Bust, head nearly in profile to right. 

Line. 
Height 38-16 inches; width 28-16 inches. 

R. Scott sc. Rare. 



424. . 

GEN"- WASHINGTON. Bust, head nearly in profile to right. Inclosed 
by an ornamental border, the sides being pillars around which oak 
branches are wreathed. In front of the base, upon which the pillars 
rest (and in which is the title) a helmet, with a sword and burning 
torch crossed. Line. 

Height 5 inches; width 4 inches. 

Published by W. Lockhead Printer, Berwick. 



FICTITIOUS PORTRAITS. 199 



[Travels in and History of America; including the United States, 
with the British settlements &c. &c. Abridged and compiled by Dr. 
Reid. Berwick, n. d.] 

This is the preceding plate, the engraver's name erased, and the border, ornaments 
&c added. 



425. WALTER. 

WASHINGTON as a mason. Full length standing, in Masonic Regalia, 
the right hand on an upright book (upon a table), labelled "Ancient 
Masonic Constitutions," the left holds a mallet upon a pedestal. Oval. 

Mezzotinto. 

Height S 2-16 inches; width 6 3-16 inches. 

Eng^ by A. B. Walter. Published by John Dainty 15 S. 6" St. Phila- 
delphia. 



426. 



The true Portraiture of his Excellency GEORGE WASHINGTON 
ESQ" In the Roman Dress, as Ordered by Congress for the 
Monument to be erected in Philadelphia, to perpetuate to Pos- 
terity THE man who commanded THE AMERICAN FORCES THROUGH 

THE LATE GLORIOUS REVOLUTION. FuU length, clad in complete armor, 
excepting a glove and helmet on the ground at the left. The right 
hand ungloved holds a lance or flag staff, which extends from the upper 
to the lower edge of the print. In the right background, the represen- 
tation of a battle. (The head resembles Peale.) Line. 

Height 9 4-16 inches; width 7 4-16 inches. 

Shortly after the proclamation of peace, Congress passed a resolution, that an eques- 
trian statue of Washington, should be erected, that it should be of bronze, and the 
General to be represented in a Roman Dress, holding a truncheon in his right hand, 
and his head encircled with a laurel wreath. This print, which is said to be a copy of 
one in Guillim's ?Ieraldry, 5'" Edition, London, 1679, the head of Washington being 
inserted, was no doubt published at the time, in burlesque of the resolution. Only one 
impression, has come under the notice of the writer. 



FICTITIOUS PORTRAITS. 



427. 



GEORGE WASHINGTON President of the United States of 
America. Full figure in civil dress, head to left, a medallion on his 
breast, suspended by a ribbon around his neck. In the right hand a 
cocked hat, the left by the side holds a dress sword in an awkward man- 
ner. Inclosed by a narrow border, in which at the top is a roll crossed 
by a pen, inscribed "Revolution." No background. Line, 

Height 6 inches; width 4 4-16 inches. 
Published by H. D. Symonds, June 18, 1796. Extremely rare. 

428. . 

GEO= WASHINGTON ESQ"' Commander in chief of the Forces 
& late President of the United States of America. Full Bust 
in uniform, in profile to left. Oval. Line. 

Height 3 10-16 inches; width 2 14-16 inches. 

London, Published by G. Cawthorn, British Library 132 Strand, 31 
June, 1799. 



429. . 

GEO. WASHINGTON. Full Bust in uniform, in profile to right. Oval. 

StipJ>le. 
Height 4 3-16 inches; width 3 5-l6 inches. 

Engraved for the Ladies Mag. 



430. . 

GEORGE WASHINGTON ESQ". Bust, head nearly in profile to left. 
Oval. Line. 

Height 3 5-16 inches; width 2 9-16 inches. 

Published by G. Kearsley, Fleet St. May i, 1800. Rare. 

[British Magazine, Vol. i, Jany. to July, 1800. A sketch of the Life 
of the late General Washington. By John Corry.] 



FICTITIOUS PORTRAITS. 201 



431- • 

GEORGE WASHINGTON Late President of the United States of 
America &c. Full length standing, head three quarters to right, the 
left hand upon an open scroll upon a table to the right. The right 
hand behind his back, holds a hat only partly visible. An open win- 
dow with a curtain drawn up, in the background. Alezzotinto. 

Height 12 Il-i5 inches; width 9 14-16 inches. 

Publish' d March 14, iSoi, by I. Hinton, 44 top of Wells Str*, Oxford 
Strt. 

Only one impression of this, has come under the notice of the writer. 



432. 



GEN'- WASHINGTON. Bust in uniform, head nearly in profile to right. 

Vignette, surrounded by a single circular line of laurel wreath. 

Printed in tint. 
Diameter i 10-16 inches. 

Only one impression of this, has come under the notice of the writer. 



433- • 

GENERAL WASHINGTON. Full figure in uniform and chapeau, on 
horseback advancing to the right, a drawn sword in the right hand. 
The horse has a long flowing tail, which touches the ground. Inclosed 
by a single line for border, no background. line. 

Height 5 2-16 inches; width 4 4-16 inches. 

Sold by C. Sheppard, Lambert Hill, Doctors Commons. 

Extremely rare. 



434- • 

GENERAL WASHINGTON Father and Protector of America. Full 
length standing, the left hand on hip, the right arm extended. I:i the 
background a curtain, and to the left two pillars upon a large base. 

Mezzotinto. 
Height 12 S-16 inches; width 9 12-16 inches. 

Only one impression of this, has come under the notice of the writer. An imitation 
of the full length by Stuart, the " Lansdowne Portrait." 
26 



STATUARY. 



As none of these pieces, except the statue produced by Houdon, 
and the bust by Ceracchi, both of which will be found in the body of 
the work, can be classed as real portraits, — the aim of the artist being 
rather to present an idea, — we mention but briefly, such engravings as 
have come under our notice, without any effort to furnish a list, either 
complete or descriptive. 



BERNARDI, JACOPO. 
BERTINI, AUG. 
HALL, GEO. R. 
HALL, GEO. R. 
MARCHETTI, DOM. 
MOSES, HENRY. 
NORMAND. 
ROGERS, JOHN. 
THOMSON, J. 



Horatio Greenough. 
Antonio Canova. 
Thomas Crawford. 
H. K. Brown. 
Antonio Canova. 
Antonio Canova. 
F. Chantrey. 
Clark Mills. 
F. Chantrey. 



Seated figure. 

Folio. Line. 

Seated figure. 

Folio. Line. 

Equestrian. 

Quarto. Line. 
Equestrian. 

Quarto. Mixed. 
Seated figure. 

Folio. Line. 

Seated figure. 

Octavo. Outline. 
Standing figure. 

Octavo. Outline. 
Equestrian. 

Quarto. Line. 
Standing figure. 

Folio. StiJ>J>le. 



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APPENDIX 



CHARLES WILLSON PEALE. 

In the sketch of this Artist, attention was called (page 14), to an 
advertisement in "The Pennsylvania Packet," of August 26, 17S0, re- 
lative to a print of Washington published by him, executed in mezzo- 
tinto after a portrait painted for the Executive Council of the State of 
Pennsylvania, and that up to the time of writing, no impression of it 
had come under our notice. 

Through information furnished by Mr. John A. McAllister of Phila- 
delphia, we have since been enabled to examine an impression of this 
plate, in the possession of Mrs. Robert B. Cabeen of Germantown, 
in whose family it has been from the time of its publication. The 
picture is a repetition in reverse — the accesories slightly varied, — of 
the full length commenced by Peale at Valley Forge and engraved 
by Wolff. The plate is well engraved. We furnish the following 
description. 

PEALE. 

His Excellency GEORGE WASHINGTON ESQUIRE, Commander 
IN Chief of the Federal Army. Nearly three quarter length in uni- 
form standing, resting by the right hand upon a field piece to the left. 
The left hand holding a hat is upon his hip. In the background to the 
right, Nassau Hall, Princeton, and in the rear to the left a flag with 
thirteen stars, and an attendant with a horse, the head only visible. 

Alezzotinlo. 

Height II 14-16 inches; widlh g 14-16 inches. 
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APPENDIX. 205 

Cha' Willson Peale pinx' et fecit. This Plate is humbly Inscribed to 
the Honorable the Congress of the United States of America. By their 
Obedient Servant, Cha° Willson Peale. 



MADAME de BREHAN. 

In the sketch of this Artist, page 68, allusion is made to the earliest 
engraving from the profile executed by her, an impression of which 
was presented by Washington to Mrs. Robert Morris ; with the state- 
ment that the engraving by Charles Burt, No. 114, was copied from 
this, but that the writer had been unable to see the print, and was not 
aware of the name of the engraver. 

Though the kindness however of Mr. Burt, we have now before us 
a photograph of this print, presumed to be of the same size as the 
original, from which we furnish, according to the plan of our work, 
the following description. The name of the engraver being quite in- 
distinct, and it not appearing in any book, we do not vouch for its ac- 
curacy. 

SERAENT. 

GEORGE WASHINGTON. Profile head to right, laureated. Circular 
medallion, suspended by a ring and ribbon. The title in the upper 
part of the border. Stipple. 

Diameter 3 6- 16 inches. 

Grav6 d'apres le Camee, peint par M"" la Marquise de Bryant, par 
A. F. S6raent, 1790. 



INDEX, 



Alexander, Cosmo, 112 
AUston, Washington, 115 
Ames, Joseph, 55 
Andrews, William L., ix 
Athenaeum, Boston, 115 
Barralet, John J., 106 
Belknap, Rev. Jeremy, 71, 72 
Belknap, Edward, 72 
Billings, Maj. Andrew, 51 
Bingham, William, 114, 116 
Bingham, Mrs. William, :i4 
Birch, William, 176 
Brevoort, J. Carson, 183, 184 

Brown, Henry K., 202 

Buchan, Earl of, 97 

Cabeen, Mrs. Robert B., 204 

Campbell, Alexander, 33 

Canova, Antonio, 100, 202 

Cazenove, J. H., Iio 

Ceracchi, Giuseppe, 100 

Channing, Dr. William F., 113 

Chantrey, Sir Francis, 202 

Chr^ien, , 182 

City Hall, New York, 86 

Codman, Mrs. Arthur, 72 

Connecticut Magazine, 124 

Constable, William, 114 

Copley, J. Singleton, 11, 85 

Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1S4 

Council of State Pennsylvania, 14, 204 

Crawford, Thomas, 202 

Custis, George W. P., 30 

Davis, Charles Augustus, no 

Davis, R. Coulton, ix, i;o 

De Chastellux, Marquis, 39 

De Brehan, Madame, 68, 205 

De Bruhl, Count, 47 



De Hart, Miss, 186 

De Menou, Count, 13 

De Moustier, Count, 68 

De Neufville, M., 89, 93, 176 

De Solms, Count, 47 

De Valnuit, M., 183 

Dexter, Edward, ix 

Dexter, Elias, 184 

Dreer, Ferdinand J , ix 

Drexel, Joseph A., ix, 54 

Drowne, Henry T. , ix 

Dunlap, William, 18, 44, 74, 105, 173 

DU SiMITlfeRE, 39 

Edwards, Howard, ix 

Emmet, M.D., Thomas A., ix 

Eyre, Mrs. Wilson, 106 

Faneuil Hall, 114 

Field, Robert, 105, 106 

Foggo, Mrs. Annie H., 46 

Folsom, Charles W., vii 

FoLWELL, Samuel, 109 

Franklin, Benjamin, 46, 60 

Franklin Institute, 173 

Eraser, William A., ix 

Fullerton, Nathaniel, 56 

Gibbs, Col. George, 113 

Gilmore, Robert, 105 

Gratz, Simon, ix 

Greenough, Horatio, 202 

GuLAGER, Christian, 71 

Hancock, John, 12, 26 

Harrison, Benjamin (Gov. of Virginia), 15, 

60 
Harrison, Jr., Joseph, 113 
Hart, Charles Henry, ix 
Harvard College, 73, 74, 77, 84 
Historical Soc. Pennsylvania, 13, 109 
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208 



INDEX. 



Historical Soc. New York, l6 

Historical Soc. Massachusetts, 72, 1S6 

Hopkinson, Francis, 47, 57 

Hoppner, John, 46 

HouDON, Jean Antoine, 60 

Jarvis, J. Wesley, 74 

Jay, John, 88 

Jefferson, Thomas, 60 

Kemble, Gouverneur, lOI 

Keppel, Admiral Lord, 13 

Lafayette, Marquis de, 14, 15, 16, 25, 61, 69 

Lansdowne, Marquis of, 114, 136 

Laurens, Henry;^ 13 

Lavater, John Caspar, 1 7 

Lear, Tobias, io6 

Lee, Henry, 102 

Lenox, James, 66, 114, 153, 155 

Lenox, Robert, 1 14 (should be James) 

Library Co. Philadelphia, 39 

Lossing, Benson J., 15, 69 

Madison, James, 61 

Mason, George C, 1 13 

Mauran, James E. , vii 

McAllister, John A., 204 

McClellan, Gen. George B., 69 

Meade, Richard, loi 

Memorial Designs, 1S8 

Meredith, Thomas, lo5 

Mills, Clark, 202 

Moreau, John B., ix 

Moreau, Charles C. , ix, 106 

Morris, Robert, 47 

Morris, Mrs. Robert, 69, 70, 205 

Nassau Hall (Princeton), 13, 15 

Peale, Charles Willson, ii, 204 

Peale, James, 66, 171 

Peale, Rembrandt, 170 

Pennsylvania Academy Fine Arts, loS, 114 

Pennsylvania Packet, 14, 204 

Pierrepont, Henry E., 114 

Pine, Robert Edge, 57 

Portraits, Fictitious, 193 

Powel, Mrs. Elizabeth, 47 

Powel, Samuel, 47, 186 

Queneday, , 1S2 j 



Ramage, John, 68 

Reed, Joseph, 34 

Reynolds, Sir Joshua, 97, 100 

Robertson, Archibald, 97 

Robertson, Walter, 105 

Saint Memin, 182 

Sargent, Jr., Daniel, 72 

Savage, Edward, 73 

Sharpless, James, 180 

Sharpless, Mrs. James, iSo 

Silhouettes, 186 

Smith, Benjamin, 75, 83 

Smith, Benjamin R., 48 

Smith, John J., 186 

Smith, William R., 87 

Smithsonian Institution, 13 

Smybert, John, 85 

Statuary, 202 

State House, Newport, R. L, 114 

State House, Providence, R. L, 114 

State House, Hartford, Conn., 114, 135 

Stone, Frederick D., ix 

Stuart, Gilbert, 112 

Thornton, Dr. William, 113 

Trumbull, John, 84 

Tuckerraan, Henry T., 47 

Van Home, John, 44 

Van Staphorst, I. G., 176, 178 

Vaughan, Samuel, 113, 13S, 152 

Washington, Martha, 12, 34, 44, 58, 69, 106, 

114, 171 
Washington Grays, 66 
Watson, Elkanah, 48, 51 
Watson, John F., 109 
Wertmuller, Adolph Ulric, 1 10 
West, Benjamin, u, 30, 44, 46, 74, 85, 112, 

173 
Wharton, Rev. Charles Henry, 30 
Whelen, Jr., Henry, ix 

Williams, , 102 

Winstanley, , 113 

Wright, Joseph, 46 

Wright, Patience, 46, 48 

Yale School of Fine Arts, 86, 88 



INDEX TO ENGRAVERS. 



Adam, , 63 

Aikin, James, 400 

Anderson, Alexander, 2 

Andrews, Joseph, 177 

Angus, William, 3 

Baker, I., 409, 410 

Baker, J., 178 

Balch, v., 179 

Ballin, J., 180 

Bank Note Co., no, 181 

Bannister, J., 138 

Bather, G. J., 182 

Baumann, I. W., 183 

Bell, Edward, 411 

Bernard!, Jacopo, page 202 

Bertini, Aug., page 202 

Bertonnier, P. F., 121, 184 

Best, Edward S., 185, 186, 413 

Blanchard, Auguste, 139 

Bolt, F., 161 

Brandi, Mariano, 64 

Brown, J. L., 414 

Burt, Charles, 114, 140, 187 

Buttre, J. C, 4, 122, 175, 188, 189, 190, 191 

Carey, C, 5 

Casilear, John W., 192 

Chapman, J., 75, 193, 415 

Cheesman, Thomas, 141 

Chevillet, Justus, 6 

Chorley, John, 194 

Clarke, T. C, 195 

Coigneto, M'"", 196 

CoUyer, Joseph, 76 

Cook, T. , 7 

Couch^, F. Louis, 142 

Daggett, A., 143 

Dair Acqua, C. F. G., 197 

27 



Davenport, Samuel, 198 

Dawe, Philip, 80 

Delaistre, L. J. D., 199 

De Mare, J., 8 

Dodd, S., 200 

Doney, Thomas, 201, 202, 203 

Doolittle, Amos, 81, 204 

Dudensing, R., 162, 397 

Dupv^el, J. B. M., 205 

Durand, Asher B., 100, 144, 206 

E. B. B.,65 

Eckstein, John, 401 

Edwards, W. J., 207 

Edwin, David, 9, 10, 208, 209, 210,211, 

212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 385, 

402 
Ensom, William, 219 
Evans, William, 83 
Fairman, Gideon, 220, 221 
Felsing, G. Jacob, 223 

Fenner, , 222 

Ferris, Stephen J., 224 
Field, Robert, 169 
Fisher, James, 225 
Fittler, James, 226 
Forrest, Ion B., II 
Freeman, S., 227 
Fritzsch, T. C. G., 53 
Galland, J., 22S 
GeofTroy, L., 145, 229 
Gimber, S. H., 146, 230 
Gimbrede, Thomas, 231, 232 
Girardet, Edward, 233 
Gobrecht, Christian, 234, 235 
Goodman, Charles, 236 
Grainger, W. , 1 63, 164 
Green, Valentine, 12, 147 

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INDEX TO ENGRAVERS. 



Gridley, E. G.,403 

Haider, , 13 

Hall, Alice, 148, 245 

Hall, George R., 99, 244, page 202 

Hall, Henry B., 98, 101, III, 149, 166, 176, 

237. 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243,381, 

382, 386, 394 
Halpin, John, 246 
Hamlin, William, 102, 123, 124, 125, 126, 

127 
Harrison, Charles P., 247, 248 
Harrison, Jr., William, 128, 400 
Hatch, George W., 249 
Heath, Charles, 304 
Heath, James, 250, 251 
Hill, S., 129 
Hills, J. H., 252,253 

Hinchliff, , 254 

Holl, William, 255, 256, 257 

Holl, William (Jr.), 416 

HoUoway, Thomas, 15, 87, 258 

Houston, H., 130, 171 

Humphreys, William, 259 

Illman, Thomas, 150, 260, 261, 262, 263, 

264 
Jocelyn, S. S., 265 
Johnston, D. C, 266 
Kelly, Thomas, 267, 268 
Kennedy, J., 269 
Kimberly, D., 270 

Kirkwood, , 271 

Kneass, W., 272 

Krethlow, G. F., 165 

KufFner, A. W., 66 

L. J., 18 

Laugier, J. N., 417 

Lawson, Alexander, 273 

Le Beau, P. A., ig, 20 

Le Mire, Noel, 21 

Le Roy, J., 151 

Lehman, G. A., 90 

Leney, William S., 103, 274, 275, 276 

Liebe, G. A., 55 

Longacre, James B., 277, 278, 279, 280 

Longhi, Giuseppe, 281 



Mackenzie, K., 284 

Macret, , 285 

Marehetti, Dom., page 202 
Marshall, William E., 115, 286 
Maverick, Peter, 2S7, 404 
Mayer, Carl, 288, 289 

McCarty, , 290 

McRae, John C, 291 
Metzeroth, R., 383 
Mjsa, Maria, 152 
Monin, E., 153 

Morse, , 292 

Moses, Henry, page 202 
Murray, George, 91, 218 
Nesmith, J. H., 293 
Newton, James, 25 
Nilson, J. E., 47 
Norman, J., 26, 419 
Normand, Louis M., page 202 
Nutter, William, 294, 295 
O'Neill, J. A., 92, 93, 131, 168 
Ormsby, William L. , 104, 296, 297 
Paradise, J. W., 27, 298 
Parker, George, 28, 105 

Peabody, , 299 

Peale, Charles Willson, I, page 204 

Peale, Rembrandt, 379, 380 

Pekenino, Michele, 300 

Pelton, Oliver, 301 

Perkins, Jacob, 304 

Perkins, Joseph, 305 

Ferine, George E. , 243, 302, 303, .120 

Piggot, Robert, 236 

Pilbrow, , 261, 262 

Pinhas, H., 421 
Portman, L., 306 
Prevost, B. L., 67 
Prud'homme, J. F. E., 167 
Pruneau, N., 29 
Rawdon, Ralph, 307 
Read, W., 154, 387 
Reading, B., 68 
Reed, Abner, 308 
Rice, E. A., 310 
Rice, James R., 309 



INDEX TO ENGRAVERS. 



Ridley, W., 311 
Ritchie, A. H., 312, 313 
Roberts, John, 314 
Roberts, P., 389 

Roberts, — , 315. 

Robin, Axigustus, 73 

Roger, B., 113 

Rogers, John, 30, 155, 316, page 202 

Rollinson, William, 132, 172 

Roosing, H., 94 

Rosmiister, , 317 

Rugendas, Joh. Lorenz, 57 

Ruotte, , 69 

Russell, ■ , 318 

Sadd, H. S., 319, 320 

S' Aubin, Aug. De, 31 

S' Memin, C. B. J. F. de, 106, 395 

Sands, R-, 33 

Sartain, John, 34, 112, 133, 321, 322, 323, 

324, 325 
Sartain, William, 326 
Sasso, G. A., 422 

Savage, Edward, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120 
Scoles, I., 95, 134, 327, 328, 329, 330 
Scott, R., 423 

Sears, , 222 

S^raent, A. F., page 205 

Seymour, Samuel, 405 

Sharp, William, 35 

Sherwin, J. K., 156 

Smith, G. G., 96 

Smith, H. Wright, 332, 333, 334 

Smith, John R., 331 

Super, R., 335 

Steel, James W., 36 

Stodart, G., 336 



Storm, G. F., 107 

Strickland, William, 337 

Tanner, Benjamin, 135, 338, 339, 340, 341 , 

406 
Tardieu, Alexandre, 108 
Thomson, J., 342, page 202 
Tiebout, Cornelius, 343, 344, 407 
Tiller, R,, 345 
Tisdale, E., 173 
Topham, S., 346 
Trenchard, J., 37, 38 
Tucker, William E., 157 
Unknown, 14, 16, 17, 22, 23, 24, 32, 42, 43, 

44. 45. 46, 48. 49. 5°. 5«. 52. 54, 56. 
58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 70, 71, 72, 77, 78, 
79, 82, 84, 85, 86, 88, 89, 97, 109, 136. 
137, 159, «6o, 170, 174, 282, 283, 358, 
359. 360, 361, 362, 363, 364, 365, 366, 
367. 368. 369. 370. 371. 372. 373. 374, 
375. 376, 377. 378. 388, 391. 392. 393. 
396, 398. 399. 408, 412, 418, 424, 426, 
427, 428, 429, 430, 431. 432, 433. 434 

Vinkeles, Reinier, 39 

Walker, J. G. , 390 

Walmsley, Samuel, 347 

Walter, Adam B., 348, 384, 425 

Warner, William, 158 

Weger, A., 349 

Welch, Thomas B., 350, 351 

Willard, A., 352 

Wolff, , 40 

Woodruff, William, 353 

Woolley, , 354, 355 

Wright, C. C, 356,357 

Wright, Joseph, 74 

Zerlamsler, , 41 



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AMERICAN ENGRAVERS REPRESENTED IN THE WORK. 



Aikin, James. 
Anderson, Alexander, 
Andrews, Joseph. 
Baker, I. 
Balch, V. 
Bannister, J. 
Bather, G. J. 
Best, Edward S. 
Burt, Charles. 
Buttre, J. C. 
Casilear, John W. 
Chorley, John. 
Clarke, T. C. 
Daggett, A. 
Dodd, S. 
Doolittle, Amos. 
Doney, Thomas. 
Dudensing, R. 
Durand, Asher B. 
Eckstein, John. 
Edwin, David. 
Fairman, Gideon. 
Ferris, Stephen G. 
Field, Robert. 
Forrest, Ion B. 
Gimber, S. H. 
Gimbrede, Thomas. 
Gobrecht, Christian. 
Goodman, Cliarles. 
Gridley, E. G. 
Hall, Henry B. 
Hall, George R. 
Hall, Alice. 
Halpin, John. 
Hamlin, William. 
Harrison, Charles P. 



Harrison, Jr., William. 
Hatch, George W. 
Hill, S. 
Hills, J. II. 
Houston, H. 
Humphreys, William. 
lUman, Thomas. 
Jocelyn, S. S. 
Johnston, D. C. 
Kelly, Thomas. 
Kennedy, J. 
Kimberly, D. 
Kneass, W. 
Lawson, Alexander. 
Leney, William S. 
Longacre, James B. 
Marshall, William E. 
Maverick, Peter. 

McCarty, . 

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